Federal High Court sitting in Jos will, today, look into the case of wrongful substitution filed by the deputy gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party (LP) in Plateau State, Jack Bot.
Bot explained that he decided to challenge his purported substitution as the deputy governorship candidate in court to test the efficacy of the new Electoral Act as an antidote for political impunity.
Citing the case of Plateau LP, he said he was puzzled that his name was missing on the list of candidates published by the Independent National Electoral Commission on October 5, 2022. “We followed all the due process; all the delegates from the 17 local councils of Plateau voted,. Margif, being the lone aspirant, emerged unopposed as the winner with 100 per cent delegates votes,” he narrated.