Admin l Friday, May 19, 2023
KANO, Nigeria – A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has nullified the election of Dr. Alex Otti, the governor-elect of Labour Party.
Alex Otti was elected governor of Abia State in the March 23 governorship election held earlier this year.
But the Kano court presided over by Justice M N Yunusa nullified his canditure and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano State.
The court ruled that the emergence of LP candidates in the election was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act.
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The Court in Suit 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 failure of the Labour Party to submit its membership register to the INEC within 30 days before their primaries renders the process invalid.
According to the judge, “the party that has not complied with the provisions of the electoral act cannot be said to have a candidate in an election and cannot be declared winner of an election; this being so, the votes credited to the 1st defendant is a wasted vote,” the Judge ruled.
