An Abuja High Court has ordered
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives
Congress (APC) to show cause, within 48 hours, why Senator Hope Uzodinma should
not be the governorship candidate of the party in Imo State, having won the
primary.
The order followed an ex parte motion
filed by Uzodinma, wherein he is asking the court to restrain the APC and INEC
from processing or forwarding any other name as the Imo state governorship
candidate of the party except that of himself.
Senator Uzodinma, in suit No
FCT/HC/BW/ CV/306/18, sought five reliefs from the court, presided over by
Justice A.O. Musa, among which is an injunction restraining APC from conducting
fresh primary in Imo, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on
notice.
The senator, who was declared winner
of the APC governorship primary by Alhaji Ahmed Gulak panel, also sought order
restraining INEC from monitoring another primary in Imo for the governorship
election.
He also sought an order of the
court directing APC, as the first defendant, to forward his name to INEC
(second defendant) as the duly elected candidate of APC for the governorship
election in Imo State.
The lawmaker equally sought an
order restraining INEC from accepting or processing any other name except that
of himself (Uzodinma) as the APC candidate in Imo state, pending the hearing
and determination of the motion on notice.
Finally, he sought the court’s
order for INEC to continue to process his name (Uzodinma) as the duly elected
governorship candidate of APC in Imo State until the matter is determined.
After hearing the prayers,
Justice A.O. Musa of the High Court in Bwari gave both APC and INEC 48 hours
within which to show cause why the reliefs sought by Uzodinma should not be
granted.
He also ordered the defendants to
make appearance in court within five days. Justice Musa, in addition ordered
that the matter should be given an accelerated hearing.
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