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The originating summon,
which is instituted by Natasha Akpoti, the Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s
governorship candidate in the forthcoming poll, will be mentioned at Court 5
before Justice Inyang Ekwo. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while SDP
candidate is the plaintiff, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are 1st and 2nd defendants
respectively.
The suit, dated Oct. 10 and marked:
FHC/ABJ/CS/1221/2019, filed by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, on Akpoti’s behalf,
sought the court’s determination on the eligibility of Governor Bello in the
Saturday election, having allegedly involved in double registration as a voter.
Akpoti said “that by his wilful act of making double registration as a voter,
Yahaya Bello, candidate of the 1st defendant is not a fit and proper person to
be allowed by the 2nd defendant to vote or be voted for in the forthcoming Kogi
state governorship election, having committed an act of electoral fraud. “That
Mr Yahaya Bello the candidate of the 1st Defendant. was initially registered as
a voter sometime in 2011 in Abuja, by the 2nd defendant. “That Bello. the
candidate of the 1st defendant again fraudulently procured from the 2nd
defendant. a second registration as a voter on 23rd May,. 2017, at Government
House. Lokoja, while his 2011 first registration as a voter in Abuja was still
live, extant and subsisting. “That the said Yahaya Bello, the candidate of the
1st defendant carried out the double registration with the 2nd defendant so as
to scuttle due electoral process. “That such a person is not a fit and proper
person to vote for in any election, let alone for the high office of the
governor of a state.” NAN reports that Justice Ekwo had, on Tuesday, delivered
judgment, disqualifying the APC Deputy Governorship Candidate in Bayelsa, Sen.
Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, over false information given in his CF0001 Form
submitted to INEC for the Saturday’s poll.Source: Vanguard
