Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the name of Mr. Hassan Abdullahi as the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP)’s bonafide candidate for the Kogi governorship election.
Justice Omotosho, who gave the order while ruling in a motion filed by Abdullahi, said the petitioner’s name should be uploaded on the commission’s portal having scored the highest lawful votes in the April 16 primary poll conducted by the party.
He held that the substitution of Abdullahi’s name with that of one Musa Mubarak contravened Sections 84(1) and 84(5)(b) (I) and (ii) of the Electoral Act, 2022, as well as Article 34 of the Constitution of NNPP.
