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Appellate Court Dismisses High Court’s Order To Sack Governor Otti

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In a ruling on Friday, the appellate court invalidated the May 18 judgment by Justice M.N. Yunusa of the Kano state Federal High Court, pertaining to Alex Otti’s nomination by the Labour Party (LP)…CONTINUE READING

 

 

The Appeal Court determined that the high court had prematurely reached its decision. Furthermore, the federal high court issued its verdict without involving the essential parties who were the primary subjects of the lawsuit with suit number FHC/KN/CS/107/2023.

initiated by Ibrahim Haruna Ibrahim. Additionally, the plaintiff was ordered to pay a penalty of one million naira (N1,000,000).

Conversely, Alex Otti’s election triumph was affirmed approximately two weeks ago by the Abia State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. Situated in Umuahia, the state capital, the tribunal dismissed three of the claims made by Okey Ahaiwe, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), against Otti.

The tribunal concluded that Ahaiwe’s case against Otti, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, lacked a legal basis. Ahaiwe had challenged the declaration of Otti as the legitimately elected governor by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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