The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State over last primary elections has continued to linger, as a House of Assembly aspirant for the Okitipupa II Constituency, Mr Ololade Gbegudu, has dragged the party and the Independent National Electoral Commission to court.
In the suit filed at an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the aggrieved APC chieftain alleged that his name was removed from the list of the House of Assembly candidates of the party for the 2019 general election, despite winning the party’s primary.
The suit which was filed by Gbegudu’s counsel, A.A. Solagbade-Amoden, has the APC State Chairman, Mr Ade Adetimehin; Secretary, Sina Alaye, and Sina Emmanuel as defendants.
Gbegudu stated that he instituted the case after the APC and its officials refused to send his name to INEC in line with the 2010 Electoral Act after he had won the election which was conducted by the party on October 5, 2018.
The judge, Justice Olabode Adegbehingbe, on Friday granted an application brought by the counsel to enable the claimant to serve INEC and the APC headquarters in Abuja. The judge vowed to give the case an accelerated hearing because of its nature.
The claimant urged the court to declare as illegal the alleged substitution of his name with another aspirant and compel INEC to recognise and publish his name as the APC candidate for the Okitipupa Constituency II in the 2019 State House of Assembly election.
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In the suit filed at an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the aggrieved APC chieftain alleged that his name was removed from the list of the House of Assembly candidates of the party for the 2019 general election, despite winning the party’s primary.
The suit which was filed by Gbegudu’s counsel, A.A. Solagbade-Amoden, has the APC State Chairman, Mr Ade Adetimehin; Secretary, Sina Alaye, and Sina Emmanuel as defendants.
Gbegudu stated that he instituted the case after the APC and its officials refused to send his name to INEC in line with the 2010 Electoral Act after he had won the election which was conducted by the party on October 5, 2018.
The judge, Justice Olabode Adegbehingbe, on Friday granted an application brought by the counsel to enable the claimant to serve INEC and the APC headquarters in Abuja. The judge vowed to give the case an accelerated hearing because of its nature.
The claimant urged the court to declare as illegal the alleged substitution of his name with another aspirant and compel INEC to recognise and publish his name as the APC candidate for the Okitipupa Constituency II in the 2019 State House of Assembly election.
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