A former Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt Hon. Uyinmwen Ativie, has been accused of using policemen from Zone 5 to harass and threaten the winner of the Labour Party’s House of Representatives ticket for Uhunmwode/Orhionmwon federal constituency in the state, Murphy Imasuen. SaharaReporters had reported how Imasuen emerged as the winner of the primary election of the federal constituency supervised by Independent National Electoral Commission officials.
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure submitted forged court documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission in his move to make a former Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt Hon. Uyinmwen Ativie, the party’s House of Representatives candidate for Uhunmwode/Orhionmwon federal constituency in the state, documents seen by SaharaReporters showed. SaharaReporters had reported how one Murphy Imasuen emerged as the winner of the primary election of the federal constituency supervised by INEC officials.
The winner of the Uhunmwode/Orhionmwon federal constituency primary election of the Labour Party, Murphy Imasuen has sued the party, former House of Assembly Speaker, Rt Hon. Uyinmwen Ativie and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Imasuen filed the suit in the Federal High Court in Benin, accusing the defendants of refusing to publish his name for the 2023 general election after winning the party’s primary election. Imasuen had emerged the winner of the primary election of the federal constituency supervised by INEC officials.
A former Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt Hon. Uyinmwen Ativie, paid millions of Naira to be listed as the Labour Party’s House of Representatives candidate for Uhunmwode/Orhionmwon federal constituency in Edo State, some members of the party have alleged. SaharaReporters gathered that one Murphy Imasuen emerged the winner of the primary election of the federal constituency supervised by Independent National Electoral Commission officials.