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A total of 48 political parties have filed a lawsuit before the Federal High Court, Asaba, Delta State, challenging the conduct of the March 6, 2021 Local Government Elections by the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission.
The suit with reference No. FHC/ASB/CC/19/2021, instituted by All Grand Alliance Party, Mega Party of Nigeria and New Generation Party of Nigeria on behalf of others, is praying the Court to compel DSEIC to include them on the ballot.
In the suit which was filed on February 19, 2021, the applicants are seeking an Order of mandamus compelling the DSEIC to comply with the judgement of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria in Appeal CA/ABJ/CV/507/2029, Advanced Congress of Democrats & 21Ors. V Attorney General of the Federation & 1Or and include the political parties in the list of political parties to contest the Local Government Election slated for March 6, 2021 and such order or further order(s) that the court ma
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Delta LG polls: My running mate never a member of APM ― APC candidate
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By Ochuko Akuopha – Obiaruku
Chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ukwuani Local Government Area, Delta State for the March 6 council elections in the state, Mr Chidi Uwabuofu, has said that his running mate, Mr Onah Onyeka, was never any time, a card-carrying member of the Allied Peoples’ Movement, APM, as being peddled in some quarters.
Reacting to the purported invalidation of Onyeka’s candidacy by the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC, on the grounds of dual nomination, Uwabuofu, in a statement, said he (Onyeka) “was never in any way, a councillorship candidate of APM”.
Electoral commission officers count votes at Shagari Health Unit polling station in Yola, Adamawa State on February 23, 2019 after the polls were closed during the day of the General elections. - Nigeria began counting votes in presidential elections, even as many people had yet to even cast their ballot because of delays in the opening of polling units and problems with staffing and technology. Nigeria s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last week announced a one-week delay to the election, just hours before it was due to get under way. The presidential contest will see incumbent Muhammadu Buhari (APC) seek to win a second four-year term against former vice president Atiku Abubakar (PDP). (Photo by CRISTINA ALDEHUELA / AFP) (Photo credit should read CRISTINA ALDEHUELA/AFP/Getty Images)
74 Political Parties Drag INEC, DSIEC To Court To Stop March 6 Delta Council Polls
The plaintiffs prayed the court to, among other things, grant an order restraining the Delta State Electoral Commission (DSIEC) from conducting the March 6, 2021 local government elections in the state.
The Advance Congress of Democrats (ACD), Alliance Of Social Democrats (ASD), Change Advocacy Party (CAP), Save Nigeria Congress (SNC) and 70 other political parties have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) to court over their exclusion from the parties to participate in the forthcoming Delta State local government elections slated for March 6, 2021.