LEADERSHIP - A federal high court sitting in Abuja , has been asked to set aside the result of the Osun State governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress , APC , held on July 20 , 2018 in Oshogbo , the state capital .
The plaintiff in the matter, Kunle Rasheed Adegoke , one of the aspirants in the primary election , asked the court for an order nullifying the state governorship primary election of the party having been conducted in flagrant violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 ( as altered), the Electoral Act , 2010 ( as amended ) and the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the APC .
Apart from the APC , the plaintiff also joined the Independent National Electoral Commission , INEC, as 2 nd defendant in the matter.
In the suit , the plaintiff asked the court for an order restraining the 2 nd defendant from according any recognition to the outcome of the said Osun State governorship primary election , saying that it was conducted in violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 .
He also asked the court to restrain the electoral body from relying on or using the purported results of the purported governorship primary election of the party for the purpose of nominating the 1 st defendant ’ s governorship candidate in the forthcoming Osun State governorship election scheduled to hold on the 22 nd day of September 2018 or any other date as may be appointed by the 2nd defendant .
The plaintiff asked the court to determine the following :
“ Whether , having regard to the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as altered ), the Electoral Act , 2010 (as amended) and the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the 1 st defendant and the Regulation for the Conduct of Political Party Primaries of the Independent National Electoral Commission , the Osun State governorship primary election of the 1 st defendant purportedly held on the 20 th day of July, 2018 in Osun State is not unconstitutional , unlawful , null and void .
“ Whether this honourable Court ought to nullify the Osun State governorship primary election of the 1 st defendant purportedly held on the 20 th day of July, 2018 in Osun State in flagrant violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 ( as altered ), the Electoral Act , 2010 ( as amended ) and the relevant provisions of the Constitution of All Progressives Congress, 2014 (as amended) and the Regulation for the Conduct of Political Party Primaries of the Independent National Electoral Commission same being unconstitutional, unlawful , null and void . ”
He also prayed the court for the following reliefs :
“ A Declaration that the Osun State governorship primary election of the 1 st defendant purportedly held on the 20 th day of July , 2018 in Osun State in flagrant violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 ( as altered ), the Electoral Act , 2010 (as amended) and the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the 1 st defendant and the Regulation for the Conduct of Political Party Primaries of the Independent National Electoral Commission is unconstitutional , unlawful , null and void .

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