A legal practitioner, Obunike Calistus Ohaegbu, has dragged the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, ahead of the Federal High Court in Abuja over the refusal of the party’s statewide assist to situation the consequence of the initial election conducted for Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency of Anambra Status.
He, nevertheless, asserted that the NDC refused to announce the consequence of the opening election at the venue and instead secretly adopted Ebere Onunkwo as the nominated candidate for the federal constituency, in breach of the party’s guidelines for the central election.
The lawyer furthermore prayed the court for an sequence restraining INEC from accepting, recognising, publishing or acting upon the name of any party other than the plaintiff as the candidate of the party for Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency.
The aggrieved lawyer, in a suit filed against five defendants, is praying the court for an command compelling the NDC to publish the finding of the opening election conducted in May 2026 for the intention of nominating a candidate for the 2027 universal election.
The legal practitioner, within other things, claimed that he participated in the principal election and scored the majority of the lawful votes cast at the central.
Obunike is hence seeking an organization directing the NDC to situation him the winner of the principal election conducted for Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency.
In addition, the plaintiff too applied for an arrangement restraining the NDC, whether by itself, its officers, agents or privies, from submitting or recognising any other individual as its candidate for Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency.
Listed as defendants in the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1219/26, are the NDC, Dr Ebere Onunkwo, Dr Socrates Ebo, the Self-directed Statewide Electoral Commission (INEC) and Mr Peter Uzokwe as the opening to fifth defendants respectively.
Even albeit resource to the plaintiff, Ifeanyi Nrilike, confirmed to Justice Mohammed Garba Umar that the parties had filed and exchanged the required processes, the judge directed that hearing notices be served on those who were not in court for them to be provide in court.
The plaintiff is moreover seeking another sequence compelling the NDC to submit and upload his name and particulars to INEC as its duly nominated candidate for Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency.
At Monday’s proceedings, hearing could not go on following the discovery by the court that the second, third and fifth defendants had not been served including the mandatory hearing observe and were not in court.
Justice Umar therefore constant October 14 for hearing of the suit and structured that there must be evidence that hearing notices had been served on all the parties earlier than the adjourned date.
