Imasuangbon
Seeks Akpata’s Disqualification.
Governorship aspirant of the Labor Party, Kenneth
Imasuangbon, has asked the court to disqualify the governorship candidate of
the party in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, from the September 21 election.
In a suit filed at the Benin division of the Federal High
Court by his counsel A.A. Malik & Co, Imasuangbon said that LP which is the
second defendant in the suit erred by declaring Olumide Akpata the winner of the
party’s primary election conducted on February 23, 2024.
The plaintiff who listed nine issues for determination
and 18 others for declaration by the court, asked the court to set aside the LP
February 23 governorship primary in the Edo state.
In his declaration, the plaintiff told the court to bar
the INEC or any other agent from recognizing Akpata as the governorship
candidate of the LP for the September 21 Edo governorship poll.
He also called for the withdrawal of the certificate of
return issued by the second defendant to the first defendant as the purported
winner of the said primary.
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