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THE Federal High Court sitting in Kano presided over by Justice M N Yunusa has nullified the candidature of all Labour Party flag bearers in Abia and Kano States including the Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti.
Yunusa ruled that their emergence was not in compliance with the 2022 Electoral Act provisions.
The judge gave the ruling on the Suit No FHC/KN/CS/107/2023 filed by one Mr Ibrahim Haruna Ibrahim against the Labour Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission.
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“The party that has not complied with the provisions of the electoral act cannot be said to have candidate in an election and cannot be declared winner of an election; this being so, the votes credited to the 1st defendant is a wasted vote,” the judge held.
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According to him, the failure of the Labour Party to submit its membership register to the INEC within 30 days before their primaries render the process invalid.
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