Court affirms delisting of APC candidates by INEC in c’river

CALABAR —A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar, yesterday, affirmed the delisting of candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the governorship, House of Representatives, as well as state House of Assemble forwarded to it by APC as a product of the primaries from its ballot papers.

Prayers 4 and 5 in this case were granted in suit No: FHC/CA/CS/73/2018. INEC has removed those names from its ballot papers. “The name of the third defendant has already been voided and being one of those names sent to INEC by the first defendant, APC, should be removed from INEC ballot papers for the governorship election in Cross River State coming up on the 9/3/2109 in line with consequential l order 5 in the Federal High Court case.

“I am of the settled view that the main cause of action in claims 2-6 in this matter w hich are the APC primary elections for her candidates in Cross River State  and the sending of names of APC candidates based thereon to INEC, were resolved by the Federal High Court in the case referred to above on the 11/2/2019.

The cause of action in those claims are therefore, res judicatta, FHC/CA/CS/73/2018. Claims 2-6 in this action are in consequence dismissed as there is nothing left to decide in them,” the court held

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