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

BREAKING: Court nullifies Alex Otti’s candidature, all Labour Party candidates in Abia, Kano; says failure of the Labour Party to submit its membership register to the INEC as stipulated by law within 30 days before their primaries renders the process invalid.

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 ruled that the failure of the Labour Party to submit it’s membership register to the Independent National electoral commission within 30days before their Primaries renders the process invalid.

“The party that has not complied with the provisions of the electoral act cannot be said to have 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 as the the decision of the Supreme court” the Judge ruled.

A Federal High Court presided over by Justice M N Yunusa has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor elect Dr Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia State, Kano and the rest states in Nigeria for failing to comply with the provisions of the 2022 electoral act, Igbere TV has learnt.