The Labour Party in Enugu State has been ordered by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to repeat the state governorship primary election ahead of the 2023 general elections. The court in its ruling nullified the nomination of Hon. Chijioke Edeoga as the candidate of the party in the state governorship election.

Delivering judgment on the matter instituted by Captain Evarest Nnaji over his unlawful exclusion from the primary election of August 4, 2022, Justice Nkonye Evelyn Maha, on Wednesday, ordered a repeat of another primary election within 14 days.

Justice Maha said that the Labour Party failed to provide evidence of notice of the August 4 primary election which would have made all the Governorship aspirants of the party participate in the election.

Nnaji had gone to court to challenge the conduct of the gubernatorial primary election in Enugu state that excluded him.

Nnaji sued the Labour Party and the INEC, asking among other things to recognise him as the authentic governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu state for the 2023 election or a repeat of the primary election that will include the three aspirants that were already issued with INEC nomination forms before the one-man primary election that produced Edeoga.

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