Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, adjourned hearing on a suit challenging the qualification of Anambra State governor-elect, Chief Willie Obiano, for election on ground that he allegedly possessed two voters' cards.
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The court had earlier ordered the service of all the court processes on the gubernatorial standard bearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and declared winner of the November 16 governorship election, Chief Obiano, to enable him to appear and enter his defence to his alleged involvement in multiple registrations prior to the election.
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Equally joined as defendant in the suit was the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
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In the suit, the plaintiffs, Ugochukwu Ikegwuonu and Kenneth Moneke, contended that the voters' card Obiano tendered before his party, for which he was allowed to participate in the party's screening exercise, was not the same as the one he submitted to INEC.
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In a supporting affidavit, the plaintiffs claimed that Obiano has two voter's cards, the one he purportedly obtained in Lagos, which he tendered during his party's screening exercise in August and another he claimed to have obtained in Otuocha, Anambra State, on September 3 this year, which he allegedly presented to INEC.
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According to Ikegwuonu, the Voter's Identification Number (VIN) on the first one is 90F5815E7D3738200332 and that on the second one is 90F5B12B01296204172.
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Therefore, the plaintiffs are praying the court to go ahead and determine whether by his alleged conduct, Obiano, was still qualified to vie for the election by virtue of the provisions of Sections 12(2), 16(2)(3) and 31(5) of the Electoral Act, among other reliefs.
This is nothing but a crime in this country so it is a must that justice must prevail. No more corruption!
We hope Nigerians would've gotten past this stage by 2014. This should not be happening in a country like Nigeria.
That is why the courtroom is very much important in stories like this. We don't have the time and energy to do this anymore