Court sacks Ogun ADC gov, Assembly candidates

The presiding Judge, Justice Adetayo Aluko, who annulled the primary also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to remove all the names of the 26 candidates from its website.The Labour Party in the state had dragged the ADC candidates to court over alleged non-compliance to the Electoral Act in the conduct of the party’s primary.

Reacting, the counsel for the second and third defendants ,Tunde Falola, hinted that the party would study details of the judgement and proceed on an appeal. “Constitutionally, every Nigerian, every party before the court whose judgement has been given against has the right, constitutional right to approach the higher court and ventilate his or her grievances. There are some areas which we feel we disagree with judgement of his lordship that we intend to explore before the Court of Appeal.

For what, the candidate won't win.... All this court spoiling democracy that they re suppose to be improving

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