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The Edo State High Court sitting in Benin voided Audu Ganiyu, the All Progressives Congress deputy governorship candidate in the September 19, 2020 governorship election.
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kadiri Oshoakhemhe, had in a suit No: B/358/20 filed a case against the APC deputy governorship candidate and two others.
Delivering judgment in Benin City on Wednesday, the presiding judge, Justice H. A Courage-Ogbebor said that Ganiyu presented false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission in his Form EC9.
Ganiyu was the running mate of Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the APC governorship candidate in the last governorship election won by Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Responding in a statement signed on Wednesday, Ize-Iyamu said, “I have received the news of the judgment delivered today 6th day of January 2021 by the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City disqualifying me and my running mate, Hon Gani Audu from contesting the gubernatorial election held in Edo state on 19th September 2020.
“This judgment to say the least is unfortunate and utterly wrong. I have already instructed my counsel to appeal against the judgment, as I am convinced that the Court of Appeal will dispassionately consider the facts presented before the court and arrive at a just decision by the law.
“I urge all my teeming supporters to remain calm and law-abiding. Justice will surely prevail in this matter to the glory of our God.”
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