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Federal High Court Abuja declares Chief Sola Ebiseni and Dayo Awude as Governorship and Deputy Governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the 2024 Ondo State Gubernatorial Election:
In the judgment delivered by His Lordship Justice Emeka Nwite, the court granted all the reliefs of the Plaintiffs as follows:
- A DECLARATION that by the combined effects of Sections 29, 31 and 33 of the Electoral Act 2022, the 1st Plaintiff (Labour Party) which candidate withdrew on the 9th day of July, 2024 is entitled to produce and submit fresh candidates to the Defendant for the Ondo State Governorship Election scheduled for the 16th day of November, 2024.
- A DECLARATION that the candidate of the 1st Plaintiff having withdrawn his candidature on the 9th day of July, 2024 and the 1st Plaintiff having conducted a fresh primary on the 18th day of July 2024 which produced the 2nd and 3rd Plaintiffs (Ebiseni and Awude) whose names by letters duly received were submitted to the Defendant, the Defendant is obliged to publish the names of the 2nd and 3rd Plaintiffs as respectively the Governorship and Deputy Governorship candidates of the 1st Plaintiff for the Ondo State Governorship Election scheduled for the 16th day of November, 2024.
- AN ORDER of this Honourable Court directing, compelling and mandating the Defendant to publish the names of the 2nd and 3rd Plaintiffs as the Governorship and Deputy Governorship candidates respectively of the 1st Plaintiff in the Ondo State Governorship Election scheduled for the 16th day of November, 2024.
- AN ORDER of this Honourable Court directing, compelling and mandating the Defendant to accord the 2nd and 3rd Plaintiffs all the rights and privileges due as candidates of the 1st Plaintiff and such as enjoyed by candidates of all other political parties in the Ondo State Governorship Election scheduled for the 16th day of November 2024.