NDC sued over alleged refusal to announce primary election result for Anambra House of Representatives

A ineligible practitioner, Obunike Calistus Ohaegbu, has dragged the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, earlier the Federal High Court successful Abuja implicit the refusal of the party’s nationalist enactment to denote the effect of the superior predetermination conducted for Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency of Anambra State.

The aggrieved lawyer, successful a suit filed against 5 defendants, is praying the tribunal for an bid compelling the NDC to denote the effect of the superior predetermination conducted successful May 2026 for the intent of nominating a campaigner for the 2027 wide election.

Listed arsenic defendants successful the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1219/26, are the NDC, Dr Ebere Onunkwo, Dr Socrates Ebo, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Mr Peter Uzokwe arsenic the archetypal to 5th defendants respectively.

The ineligible practitioner, among different things, claimed that helium participated successful the superior predetermination and scored the bulk of the lawful votes formed astatine the primary.

He, however, asserted that the NDC refused to state the effect of the superior predetermination astatine the venue and alternatively secretly adopted Ebere Onunkwo arsenic the nominated campaigner for the ...