COURT VOIDS EDO APC DEPUTY GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDACY . . . We will appeal the judgement . . .ize-iyamu.

By Mike ALADENIKA

Edo State high court sitting in Benin City, on Wednesday has nullified the candidacy of the All Progressives Congress'  (APC) deputy governorship candidate,  Audu Ganiyu.

Ganiyu Audu was the running mate to Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu in the September 19, 2020 governorship election.

Kadiri Oshoakhemhe and two others in a suit No: B/358/20 filed a case against the APC deputy governorship candidate challenging that the defendant gave false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the form  EC9.

The plaintiffs  asked the court to disqualify the Deputy Governorship candidate, Ganiyu Audu  from participating in the election on account of having allegedly given false information to the electoral commission to aid his qualification for the election.

The plaintiffs  prayed the court to annul the candidacy of Ize-iyamu as the APC Governorship candidate  on account of running with an unqualified candidate for Deputy Governor.

Delivering judgement in Benin City, the presiding judge, Justice H.A Courage-Ogbebor said that Ganiyu did present false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in his Form EC9.

In a swift reaction   the All Progressives Congress'(APC) Candidate in the September 19, 2020 governorship Election in Edo state, Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu said "I have received the news of the judgement delivered today 6th day of January 2021 by the Edo state high court sitting in Benin City disqualifying me and my running mate, Hon Gani Audu from contesting the gubernatorial election held in Edo state on 19th September 2020."

Ize-iyamu in a signed statement issued in Benin City said "I have already instructed my counsel to appeal against the judgement, as I am convinced that the Court of Appeal will dispassionately consider the facts presented before the court and arrive at a just decision in accordance with the law."

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