PPC Set to drag INEC to court over disqualification

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Providence People’s Congress (PPC), has threatened legal action against Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for allegedly disqualifying and expunging the name of its governorship candidate, Pastor Stephen Obasola from the July 14 election.

Obasola, according to the party, emerged through a primary supervised by INEC at the party’s secretariat located at Okesa area in Ado Ekiti, alleging that the PPC flag bearer was technically disqualified from the race without reason.

The PPC’s National Chairman, Mr. Benson Adetona, who addressed pressmen on Monday, said the party on May 14 submitted forms CF01 and CF02 to INEC in Abuja in compliance with  the commission’s guidelines, when the party submitted  the name of the candidate.

He wondered why the party would have to be punished unjustifiably, even when it submitted the candidate’s name  a day earlier than the…



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