A governorship and two House of Representatives aspirants have dragged the All Progressives Congress APC and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a Federal High court in Abuja over threats to disqualify them in the 2023 general elections.
The aspirants, Ambassador Sodique Baba Abubakar, Sodique Lawal Abubakar and Bindir Umar Buba are praying the court to stop APC and INEC from disqualifying them on the strength of their being political appointees and section 84 (11) and (12) of the Electoral Act 2022.
The suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/641/2022 was instituted on their behalf by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Adeniyi Akintola SAN.
The three plaintiff are contending that section 84 (11) and (12) of the new Electoral Act is discriminatory against them and unconstitutional and therefore should not be permitted by the court to be used to disqualify them on account of their mere political appointment.
In their originating simmons filed on May 11, the plaintiffs want…
