Some Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Benue State, have dragged the party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), before a Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging the unlawful conduct of ward congresses in the State.
The chieftains are asking the court to compel APC and INEC, not to accept any list of Ward Executives.
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In the Suit, their grouse is that an attempt was made to tinker with the consensus ward executive list agreed upon by stakeholders in the state.
In the suit which was instituted by the plaintiff, John Ochogwu, he wants an order of interlocutory injunction restraining APC and INEC and their agents, from endorsing or giving effect to any other list of the ward executives for Otukpo and Ohimini Local Governments, except the consensus list agreed upon by stakeholders on August 1, 2021.
The plaintiffs further want the court to determine whether, in the absence of due compliance with section 223 of the 1999 Constitution, Article 20 of the APC’s Constitution and the Electoral Act, and the consensus of August 1, the announcement of a different list on a radio station in Otukpo, Benue State is legal, permissible and constitutional.
They also want the court to determine whether the list of wards executives for Otukpo/ Ohimini Local Governments endorsed by the APC National Ward Congresses of Mohamad Mashi, is not illegal having been produced according to law.
Edited by Tunde Orebiyi
