Court affirms Arobo as APC candidate for Owo/Ose House of Reps seat

A Federal High Court sitting successful Abuja has affirmed the predetermination of Abdulghani Arobo arsenic the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaigner for the Owo/Ose Federal Constituency House of Representatives spot successful Ondo State.

Arobo had dragged the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, earlier the tribunal via a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/26 implicit the party’s superior predetermination held connected May 16, 2026.

Justice Peter Lifu, successful a judgement delivered on Wednesday, upheld Arobo’s triumph successful the party’s superior election, having scored the bulk of the lawful votes formed successful the said poll.

“Upon the summation of each the votes formed astatine the 23 wards successful Owo/Ose Federal Constituency successful Ondo State during the APC superior predetermination held connected May 16, 2026, Arobo is entitled to beryllium declared lawful victor and nominated to INEC arsenic APC’s campaigner for the House of Representatives for Owo/Ose Federal Constituency of Ondo State successful the forthcoming wide elections,” the tribunal held.

The tribunal ordered APC and INEC to, forthwith, recognize, accept, subordinate and woody with lone Arobo arsenic victor of the superior predetermination with a full of 7,959, votes successful Owo Local Government Area and 2,583 votes successful Ose Local Government Area, respectively.

It acceptable speech immoderate different declaration oregon purported declaration, oregon instrumentality of information by the APC different than the sanction of the plaintiff.

Justice Lifu held that, based connected the r...