Court stops electoral body from recognising Orji
A Federal High
Court in Abuja on Thursday restrained the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), from accepting or recognising Theodore
Orji as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in Abia State pending the hearing and determination of a suit
challenging his candidacy.
Presiding Judge,
Gabriel Kolawole gave the order after hearing, Niyi Akintola counsel to
Ikechi Emenike a governorship candidate in the state. Defendants in the
suit are; PDP; Haliru Mohammed; INEC and Mr Orji. He equally sought an
interim injunction restraining the incumbent governor from parading
himself as the standard bearer of the party. Mr Kolawole granted the
plaintiff’s leave to serve all the requisite court process on the PDP,
its acting national chairman, Bello Mohammed, INEC, as well as Governor
Orji himself.
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