Joined in the suit by the factional state chairman of the ruling party, Pastor Kenneth Asemokhai and a governorship aspirant of the party, Mr Matthew Iduoriyekemwen is the Independent National Electoral (INEC). The legal challenge seeks to restrain APC from adopting the indirect mode of the primary. The applicants cited COVID-19 and the 2018 APC National Executive Council resolution which reportedly mandated states to conduct primaries as the ground for their action. An argument, however, ensued when defendant lawyers led by H. O Ogbodu (SAN), appeared in the matter and demanded to be served the motion papers. This time around, some policemen have allegedly tortured one Citizen Olaoluwa Bolarinwa to death for failing to give them satisfactory information about his friend who was… Read full story

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 02, 2020 18:39 UTC