NNPP Candidate Seeks Court Order To Disqualify Aiyedatiwa From Participation In Ondo Guber Poll

The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the forthcoming election in Ondo State, Olugbenga Edema, has filed a motion seeking the Federal High Court’s order to disqualify Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa from participating in the Saturday poll.

Naija News reports that Edema is asking the court to instruct the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the names of Governor Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his deputy from the list of candidates for the forthcoming gubernatorial election.

Edema has sought the court’s interpretation of Section 15 of the Third Schedule of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) regarding the nomination process for the APC candidates.

He contends that Aiyedatiwa’s nomination is invalid, claiming that the APC primary conducted on April 20, 2024, was unconstitutional and did not adhere to the stipulations of the Electoral Act, 2022.

In the originating summons (Suit No….

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