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By Gabriel Enogholease & Ozioruva Aliu BENIN
AN Edo State High Court presided over by Justice Courage Ogbebor, on Wednesday, held that the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the September 19, 2020 governorship election, Gani Audu, was not qualified to contest the election as a result of discrepancies in the names in his documents and what he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Form EC9.
The case was brought against Audu by the plaintiff, Sunday Kadiri, from Ogbona ward, in Etsako West Local Government Area of the state.
The judge also nullified the candidacy of the governorship candidate of the APC, Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
Edo election: Court annuls Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Gani Audu’s APC candidacy
January 6, 2021
An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin, has nullified the candidacy of the Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in the State, Mr. Gani Audu.
The court presided over by Justice Courage Ogbebor, by extension, also nullified the candidacy of the party’s governorship candidate for the election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
Audu is a former member of the State House of Assembly.
The Plaintiff, Sunday Kadiri, from Ogbona ward, in Etsako West Local Government Area of the State, had asked the court to disqualify Audu from participating in the election on account of having given false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to aid his qualification for the election.
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