365news gathered that the Labour Party’s nomination of four candidates for the Rivers State House of Assembly was revoked on Tuesday by a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt.
In his ruling, Justice Turaki Mohammed, the presiding judge, concurred with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the Labour Party had violated the Electoral Act while holding four primary elections for the State House of Assembly.
Furthermore, Justice Mohammed ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,A to strike the names of the impacted Labour Party candidates from the Obio/Akpor 1 and 2 as well as the Tai and Gokana State seats from the voter list.
The judge, however, did not agree with the PDP that the primary elections of the Labour Party that produced candidates for Ahoada East and West were not monitored by the INEC.
Meanwhile, counsel to the Labour Party candidates, Uche Olewunne has vowed that his clients will challenge the judgement at the Court of Appeal.
