SENATOR AYOGU EZE & ORS V. BARR. GEORGE OGARA & ANOR

ABDU ABOKI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): By an Originating Summons dated the 2nd of November 2018, and filed on the 5th of November 2018, and accompanied with an affidavit of urgency and address in support of the Originating Summons, the 1st Respondent herein, as Plaintiff at the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja (hereafter called the Trial Court), claimed the following reliefs:

A DECLARATION that by virtue of the mandatory provisions of Article 3 (L) and Article 4(2) of the All Progressives Congress Guidelines for the 2019 General Election (Direct Primaries), the 1st Defendant as an aspirant is mandatorily required to present evidence of members of the 4th Defendant Enugu State Governorship Direct Primary to qualify to contest therein.

A DECLARATION that by the virtue of Article 3(L) and the proviso thereto and Article 4(2) of the All Progressives Congress Guidelines for the nomination of Candidates for the 2019 General Elections (Direct Primaries), the legal consequenc…