A governorship aspirant and two House of Representatives aspirants have dragged the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a Federal High Court in Abuja over threats to disqualify them in the 2023 general elections.
The aspirants are the immediate past Chief of Air Staff Ambassador Sodique Baba Abubakar, Sodique Lawal Abubakar and Bindir Umar Buba, who are all praying the court to stop APC and INEC from disqualifying them on the strength of their being political appointees.
They also urged the court to void section 84 (11) and (12) of the Electoral Act 2022 which directs political appointees to resign 30 days before party primaries.
The suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/641/2022, was instituted on their behalf by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Adeniyi Akintola.
The three plaintiffs are contending that section 84 (11) and (12) of the new Electoral Act was discriminatory against them and…
