By A Federal High Court in Kano has nullified the candidature of Dr. Alex Otti, the Governor-elect of Abia State, and all candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States.
The court case, Suit No FHC/KN/CS/107/2023, brought by Mr. Ibrahim Haruna Ibrahim against the Labour Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), argued that the Labour Party did not submit its membership register to INEC within the stipulated 30 days before the primaries, rendering the entire process invalid.
According to the Judge, “The party that has not complied with the provisions of the electoral act cannot be said to have a candidate in an election and cannot be declared the winner of an election; this being so, the votes credited to the 1st defendant is a wasted vote.”
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