A lagos-based lawyer,
mr ebun-olu adegboruwa, on thursday, filed a suit before a federal high court
in lagos, seeking the conduct of fresh elections in kogi.
He is praying the court
to order the independent national electoral commission (INEC) to conduct fresh
elections to determine the Kogi State Governorship contest.
Joined as respondents
in the suit are the attorney-general of the federation, INEC, “The people’s
democratic party” (PDP) and the all progressive congress (apc).
The lawyer is
contending that under section 181(2) of the 1999 constitution, when it is
impossible for the winner of an election to enjoy the benefit of his mandate,
the proper position is to conduct fresh elections.
In the suit, Adegboruwa
insists that the constitution does not recognize a situation whereby votes are
preserved in memory of a dead candidate, and subsequently transferred to a new
candidate.
In particular, Adegboruwa
is challenging the directive of the attorney-general of the federation and inec
to the APC to conduct fresh primaries to substitute the late prince Abubakar Audu.
The new suit with number
FHC/l/CS/1786/2015, has not been assigned to a judge for a hearing date.
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