The names of the party candidates for senatorial and House of Reps elections have also been delisted from the INEC website.
over the delisting of the names of the Peoples Democratic Party candidates from among other contestants for the 2023 general elections.
The names of five out of the six House of Representatives candidates of the PDP were also not included in the list. Also, the Commission listed Henry Udeh as a senatorial candidate of the Labour Party for Ebonyi South District instead of Linus Okorie, who emerged as the winner in a run-off primary election conducted late last year.The amended list of candidates was signed by the Secretary of INEC, Rose Oriaran-Anthony.
The statement said, “After the said publication, the Commission was served Orders of Court in respect of the nomination of candidates for Governorship, Senatorial, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly elections. Abịa Onyike, the spokesperson to Mr Odii, the PDP governorship candidate, also declined comment. He said he was not aware of the new list.
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