Kamarudeen Ogundele, AbujaThe Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday declared George Ogara, a lawyer as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu ‘State. Justice Inyang Ekwo held that the direct primary election of the party that produced Ogara as the governorship candidate in Enugu was in compliance with the party’s guidelines and the Electoral Act. The court ordered the National Working Committee of the APC to forward Ogara’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission as the party’s candidate in the 2019 governorship election. The Judge restrained INEC from accepting any other name except that of Ogara, for the purpose of the 2019 governorship election in Enugu state. Ogara had gone to the court to challenge the emergence of Senator Ayogu Eze as the candidate of the party.

Source: Punch February 05, 2019 16:30 UTC