Alex Enumah in Abuja
The National Rescue Movement (NRM) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the Federal High Court Abuja, over the non-inclusion of the name of its governorship candidate, Mrs. Jumoke Lawoyin, on the approved candidates list as a duly qualified candidate for the September 22 gubernatorial election in Osun State.
The legal action according to the party’s counsel, Kayode Ajulo, is necessitated by the refusal of INEC to include the name of the NRM candidate in the election despite numerous efforts to get the electoral umpire to do so.
Specifically, the plaintiffs is seeking for an order directing the Defendant to immediately recognise, identify and include the name of the 2nd Plaintiff in the Defendant’s approved voters list as a duly qualified candidate for the September 22, 2018,…
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