Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu State has fixed February 15 for ruling on the suit seeking for disqualification of all the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates in Enugu State from taking part in the 2023 general elections.
In the case instituted by the Enugu North Senatorial district candidate of the African Democratic Congress , Chika Idoko, the plaintiff sought for an order of the court to disqualify all the PDP candidates standing for the coming the polls including the state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for Section 77 of the Electoral Act.
He said a letter from the first defendant, which was admitted in evidence, showed that the PDP submitted the register in contravention of the Electoral Act.The plaintiff’s counsel also cited some cases to support his assertion that his client had the locus to file the suit.“We ask that the preliminary objection of the defendants be discountenanced,” Ekpenyong prayed the court.The defendants, including the PDP, its governorship candidate, Barr.
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