The
initial runner-up in the Anambra governorship primaries of the All
Progressives Grand Alliance, Mrs. Uche Ekwunife, has gone to court to
challenge the eligibility of the party's candidate in the November 16
election, Chief Willie Obiano. Ekwunife,
a member of the House of Representatives, is contending that the
alleged double registration status of Obiano with the Independent
National Electoral Commission as a voter disqualified him from
contesting the election.
In
the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Awka, in suit number
FHC/AWK/CS/281/2013, Ekwunife is also asking the court to declare her as
the candidate of APGA. Obiano, APGA and INEC are the defendants in the suit. No date has been fixed for hearing in the suit. Ekwunife
also seeking, among other reliefs, that INEC ought to be compelled to
recognise her as the candidate of the party for the November 16
governorship election in Anambra State, centered on Obiano's double
registration.
Obiano
was purported to have registered in Lagos and Anambra states
respectively, which amounts to double registration as stipulated by the
electoral act.
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