Lagos Assembly Aspirant, Kome, Sues INEC, PDP Over Removal Of Name as Party’s Candidate
Lagos Assembly aspirant, Kome, sues INEC, PDP over removal of name as party’s candidate People Democratic Party, PDP, Lagos House of Assembly election for Ikeja 1 Constituency, Dr. John Okoro Kome, has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the party and one Abiodun Ezekiel Olufolarinwa, before Justice D.E. Osiagor of a Federal High Court, Lagos for removing his name as the winner of the election and the party’s candidate. In an originating summon filed before the court by his counsel Don Akaegbu, against INEC, PDP, and Olufolarinwa as 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants respectively, Kome is challenging INEC and PDP for submitting the name of the 3rd as the winner of the election in which he (Kome) was the actual winner. In an Affidavit in support of the originating Summon, Kome explained that having purchased the party’s nomination form, screened and cleared by the party, he contested in the election with the 3rd defendants as the only two contestants for…
