A federal high court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to list Valentine Ozigbo as PDP candidate for Anambra State governorship election.
Gatekeepers News reports that the court in Awka, on Monday, asked the electoral commission to publish Ozigbo for the November 6 election.
The former chief executive officer of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria, secured 62 votes to emerge as the standard-bearer of the party in the primary election which was held on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka.
Ozigbo had approached a federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama seeking an order restraining the PDP from “tampering” with his name as the authentic candidate.
He also sought an order “mandating” INEC to publish his name as the party’s candidate.
However, the court refused all the orders sort and ordered the electoral commission not to publish the name of any candidate for the PDP pending the determination of the motion on notice.
But in a fresh order, the judge, Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, said Ozigbo’s name should be listed as PDP’s candidate, following the withdrawal of the suit at the FCT high court.
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