LP candidate sues INEC over Eti-Osa rep election
ONE of the prominent lawyers at the forefront in the agitation for justice for EndSARS protesters in Lagos, Ayo Ademiluyi, yesterday, dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, before a Federal High Court, in Lagos, for failing to upload his name as the candidate of Labour Party, LP, and winner of the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency election, held on February 25. Addressing a press conference in Lagos, Ademiluyi claimed that he was the valid candidate of LP for the election, having emerged from the primaries of the party, held in May 2022, and won the most votes during the election, where popular music star, Mr. Olubankole Wellington, also known as Banky W, and Babajide Obanikoro came 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Ademiluyi said: “In respect of our suit, it was dismissed by the court for not filing within the 14 days' requirement for pre-election matters in the Constitution. The Applicants who entered separate appearances in the suit marked 2178 exhibited a Court of App...