A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, presided over by Justice M N Yunusa has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect Dr Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States.

In his reaction, Otti dismissed the purported sack as baseless and of no moment.

However, the court ruled that their emergence as candidates was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act.

The judgement delivered by the court was obtained Friday morning.

The Court in Suit No FHC/KN/CS/107/2023 filed by Mr Ibrahim Haruna Ibrahim against the Labour Party (LP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ruled that the failure of the Labour Party to submit its membership register to the INEC within 30 days before their primaries renders the process invalid.

My Purported Sack By Kano Court Doesn’t Hold Water – Otti

But the Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, in his reaction dismissed his purported sack by a Federal High Court sitting in Kano, as baseless and of no moment.

Otti in a swift reaction, urged Abians not to panic over the said judgment, which according to him, is a “mere waste of time.”

The former banker who said arrangements for his swearing-in on May 29 were moving as planned, said enemies of the state would not be allowed to subvert the people’s will.

Speaking through his Media Aide, Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Governor-Elect said the he was not losing any sleep over the said judgment.

“It has no basis, and nobody should bother about it. If they had a case why didn’t they file it in Abia?

“Even the one they filed in Kano, they intentionally did not want to join us. The judge knows that, and did not pass any verdict on us because Otti was not joined.”