Court orders Accord party, INEC, to upload Olawepo-Hashim as presidential candidate

Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the  Federal High Court successful Abuja has ordered the Accord Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to instantly uphold Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim arsenic Accord Party’s Presidential campaigner for the 2027 wide election.

The Judge ordered the Accord Party to taxable the candidate’s sanction to the electoral umpire successful enactment with the

provisions of conception 86 of the Electoral Act 2026, mandating INEC to accept.

Justice Umar, successful a judgement connected Monday successful a suit against the Accord Party and INEC, held that conception 86 of the Electoral Act was violated implicit its refusal to taxable the plaintiff’s sanction to INEC aft emerging victorious successful the May 30 superior predetermination arsenic sole aspirant.

Although the Accord Party denied ever conducting immoderate superior election, Justice Umar dismissed the assertion due to the fact that of the grounds that Olawepo-Hashim paid N50 cardinal for the look of involvement and information forms and that they were accepted from him.

The justice held that astir of the claims of the Accord Party successful respect of the disputed superior predetermination were contradictory and unbelievable successful the look of the law.

Olawepo-Hashim, done his counsel, Henry Akunebu SAN, had urged the tribunal to nonstop Accord Party to instantly upload his sanction to INEC’s information portal arsenic its statesmanlike candi...