A federal high court in Awka has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the name of Valentine Ozigbo as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 6 Anambra state governorship election.
Ozigbo, a former chief executive officer of Transnational
Corporation of Nigeria, secured 62 votes to emerge as the standard-bearer of
the party in the primary election which was held on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at
Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka.
Ozigbo had approached a federal capital territory high court
in Maitama seeking for an order restraining the PDP from “tampering” with his
name as the authentic candidate.
He also sought an order “mandating” INEC to publish his name
as the party’s candidate.
However, the court refused all the orders sort and ordered
the electoral commission not to publish the name of any candidate for the PDP
pending the determination of the motion on notice.
Consequently, INEC, excluded the candidate of the PDP from
the list of cleared candidates for the poll.
But in a fresh order issued on Monday, the court in Awka
asked the electoral commission to publish Ozigbo’s name as PDP’s candidate,
following the withdrawal of the suit at the FCT high court.
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