BREAKING: Court sacks Labour Party Governor Elect, Alex Otti

Court nullifies Alex Otti’s candidature, all Labour Party candidates in Abia, Kano

A Federal High Court in Kano, presided over by Justice M N Yunusa, has nullified the candidatures of the Governor-elect of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, and all Labour Party candidates in Abia and Kano States.

The court ruled that their emergence was not in accordance with the electoral act of 2022.

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A copy of the court’s verdict was obtained on Friday morning.

The Court in Case No. FHC/KN/CS/107/2023, filed by Mr. Ibrahim Haruna Ibrahim against the Labour Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ruled that the process is invalid because the Labour Party failed to submit its membership register to INEC within thirty days prior to their primaries.

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“The party that has not complied with the provisions of the electoral act cannot be considered to have a candidate in an election and cannot be declared the winner of an election,” the judge ruled. As a result, the votes credited to the first defendant are invalid.

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