Benue 2027: Court asked to stop Ortom’s anointed candidate from contesting

Four indigenes of Benue State person prayed the Federal High Court successful Abuja to restrain erstwhile Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Chief Michael Aondoakaa, SAN, from contesting the 2027 governorship predetermination successful the state.

Aondoakaa is vying for the 2027 governorship predetermination successful Benue connected the level of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

He has the backing of the contiguous past politician of the state, Samuel Ortom, and different apical PDP leaders astatine the nationalist level.

In a suit filed by their lawyer, Fredricks Itula, SAN, the plaintiffs prayed Justice Joyce Abdulmalik to assistance the reliefs sought.

They cited a erstwhile Supreme Court judgement which they claimed had barred Aondoakaa from holding immoderate different bureau but the bureau of the AGF.

The applicants are David Ejembi, Aondoaver Teryila, Joseph Okpanachi and Benedict Orkume, named arsenic the 1st to 4th plaintiffs connected the look of the originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2152/2026.

They said they were registered voters successful Benue.

The plaintiffs sued the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, PDP and Aondoakaa arsenic the 1st to 3rd defendants, respectively.

They urged the tribunal to state that INEC is nether a law work to comply with the judgement of the Supreme Court successful the lawsuit of Michael Ka...