Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has refused the request by the Lamidi Apapa’s faction to stop the candidate of the Labour Party, Athan Achonu from contesting this Saturday’s Governorship election in Imo State on the platform of the party.
The request brought by the faction through its counsel, Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria was outrightly rejected by the Judge on Friday for being premature.
At Friday’s ruling, Justice Ekwo held that he had perused through the affidavit evidence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and that of Apapa’s side and found contentious issues that cannot be resolved through the ex-parte motion as sought by Apapa’s side.
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