BREAKING: 2027: Court orders INEC to return Adebutu as Ogun PDP governorship candidate

The Federal High Court successful Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to instrumentality Oladipupo Adebutu arsenic the governorship campaigner of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, successful Ogun State.

Justice Peter Lifu gave the bid connected Friday successful the suit filed by the PDP and Adebutu against INEC.

The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2573/2026, was filed connected October 22 aft INEC omitted Adebutu's sanction from the last database of candidates for the February 6, 2027 governorship predetermination successful Ogun State.

The PDP and Adebutu had asked the tribunal to acceptable speech INEC's determination to omit, region oregon garbage to people Adebutu's sanction successful the last database published connected October 10.

They argued that the omission violated his close to just proceeding and the provisions of Sections 29 and 32 of the Electoral Act, 2026.

They besides asked the tribunal to compel INEC to people Adebutu's sanction arsenic the PDP governorship campaigner for Ogun State wrong 24 hours of the order.

INEC, successful its counter-affidavit, had told the tribunal that Adebutu's sanction was not recovered successful the registry of members the PDP earlier submitted to it.

The commission, done Mustapha Mohammed, a Chief Programme Analyst successful its Information ...