The court ruled that Mr Abdullahi’s name should have been uploaded and published in the list of candidates for the 11 November Kogi State governorship election on INEC’s portal.
to publish the name of Hassan Abdullahi as the New Nigerian Peoples Party bonafide candidate for the Kogi governorship election scheduled to hold on 11 November.
Mr Omotosho held that the substitution of Mr Abdullahi’s name with the name of Musa Mubarak contravened Sections 84 and 84 and of the Electoral Act, 2022, as well as Article 34 of the constitution of NNPP, and the guidelines for the conduct of primaries for nomination of candidates for off-season governorship elections.
The judge, who dismissed the preliminary objection of the 1st and 2nd defendants, said that the suit was not statute-barred, having been filed within 14 days as provided by the law. In the suit filed on 11 May, Mr Abdullahi sought an order mandating the NNPP to withdraw Mr Mubarak’s name and resubmit his name to INEC as its governorship candidate for the forthcoming poll.
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