The fresh suit seeks an order of mandatory injunction directing INEC to remove the names of Messrs Diri and his running mate, Ewhrudjakpo, as PDP’s candidates in the 11 November Bayelsa governorship poll.
Less than nine days to the Bayelsa State governorship election, a fresh suit seeking the disqualification of Governor Douye Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has commenced at a Federal High Court , Abuja.
The suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1448/23, which was filed by a Bayelsa woman, Blessing Azibanagbal, through her lawyer, Ifeanyi Nsowu, further sought a declaration that Mr Ewhrudjakpo was not qualified to run as deputy governor under the PDP. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Governor Diri, Mr Ewhrudjakpo, PDP and INEC are 1st to 4th defendants respectively in the matter.Raising five issues for determination, Ms Azibanagbal asked whether a first school leaving certificate holder can run for the governorship election of a state in line with the provision of the Nigerian constitution.
“Whether the 2nd defendant , submitting only his first school leaving certificate in his Form EC9 submitted with INEC qualifies him to contest election as deputy governor of Bayelsa State. The lawyer, who averred that failure to comply with the said qualification amounted to disqualification of the said candidate, stated that all the documents submitted by Mr Ewhrudjakpo “bear different names with no substantial evidence to substantiate that he is the same person in the said documents.”
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