The plaintiffs had told the court that poor people were being excluded from political participation through the imposition of outrageous costs of nomination and expression of interest forms on pollical aspirants by political parties.
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The lawmaker representing Ibaji constituency of Kogi state was declared winner of the election after getting 8,515 votes in the December 5, 2020 election.
However, Joseph Enemona, an aspirant in the election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and six others instituted a suit against the party and Egbunu, challenging the legality of the September 3, 2020 primary election.
Enemona submitted that the party wrongfully excluded six other aspirants from its primary election and conducted indirect primary, contrary to APC’s stipulated guidelines.
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The plaintiff also asserted that while the law stipulates that the primary election be conducted at the party’s secretariat in Onyedega, Kogi state, the APC officials conducted a primary election in a mall.
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the sack of a lawmaker representing Ibaji Constituency of Kogi, Atule Egbunu, on the ground of unlawful nomination by his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, declared Daniel Enefola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the lawmaker for the constituency, having polled 4, 564 votes in the Dec. 5, 2020 State House of Assembly by-election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Egbunu was declared winner of the election having scored the highest votes of 8, 515 votes.
Joseph Enemona, one of the aspirants in the APC State House of Assembly primary, had instituted the suit against the party and four others.