Court reserves judgment in Olawepo-Hashim’s suit against Accord Party, INEC

The Federal High Court successful Abuja has reserved judgement successful a suit filed by Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise him arsenic the Accord Party’s statesmanlike campaigner for the 2027 election.

Justice Mohammed Umar fixed the substance for judgement connected Wednesday aft each parties adopted their last written addresses.

He said the day for the judgement would beryllium communicated to the parties.

Olawepo-Hashim, done his lawyer, Henry Akunebu, SAN, asked the tribunal to nonstop the Accord Party to instantly taxable his sanction to INEC arsenic its statesmanlike candidate.

He argued that documents presented by the enactment and INEC, including a missive said to person cancelled the superior predetermination that produced him, should not beryllium relied upon by the court.

According to him, the documents lacked the party’s authoritative stamp and contained different irregularities, which helium said raised doubts astir their authenticity.

The plaintiff besides challenged the party’s computer-generated rank registry tendered earlier the court, insisting that it did not conscionable the ineligible requirements for admissibility.

He maintained that the Accord Party ne'er cancelled the statesmanlike superior predetermination and urged the tribunal to compel the enactment to guardant his sanction to INEC.

However, the Accord Party aske...