INEC replaces Labour Party candidate few hours to Ondo governorship election

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has complied with the verdict of the court of appeal, Abuja
The appellate court on Wednesday, November 13, sacked Olusola Ebiseni as the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Ondo state
The Commission replaced Ebiseni with Dr. Olorunfemi Ayodele Festus as the LP candidate in the Ondo state gubernatorial election

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Akure, Ondo state - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has replaced Olusola Ebiseni with Dr. Olorunfemi Ayodele Festus as the Labour Party candidate in the Saturday, November 16 Ondo state governorship.

Legit.ng earlier reported that the court of appeal, Abuja, on Wednesday, November 13, sacked Ebiseni as the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Ondo state.

INEC replaces Ebiseni with Festus as LP candidate in Ondo state

The appellate court delivered the verdict in an appeal filed by some LP members on the nomination of Ebiseni as the party’s candidate.

INEC disclosed that it made the decision after receiving the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement of the Court of Appeal which set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja Division.

This was made known in a statement issued via the INEC X handle (formerly known as Twitter) @inecnigeria on Friday, November 15.

The federal high court in Abuja had earlier ordered INEC to accept Ebiseni as the LP candidate for the 2024 Ondo governorship election.

The Labour Party filed a case at the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division where the court struck out the judgement of the FHC for lack of jurisdiction.

“In obedience to the court order, the Commission has restored Olorunfemi Ayodele Festus, whose name was first published as the Labour Party candidate for the 2024 Ondo State Governorship election and uploaded same to our website for public information.”