Kogi Poll: SDP Candidate Natasha Akpoti Sues Gov Yahaya Bello, Seeks His Disqualification

  • Akpoti has been in a bruising war with the governor.
  • She is seeking her pound of flesh in the 11th hour.

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi election, Natasha Akpoti, wants a Federal High Court in Abuja to ban Governor Yahaya Bello from participating in the election for registering twice as a voter.

Akpoti , who has been in a bruising war with the governor is seeking her pound of flesh in the 11th hour. The poll holds on Saturday.

In the suit filed at the court, Akpoti wants the court to determine whether Bello, is fit to contest for the Nov. 16 governorship election in the state. The case will come up tomorrow.

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The case expected to be mentioned at Court 5 before Justice Inyang Ekwo has the SDP candidate as the plaintiff, while the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are 1st and 2nd defendants respectively.

The suit is dated Oct. 10 and marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1221/2019. It was filed by Mike Ozekhome (SAN,) on Akpoti’s behalf.

“That by his wilful act of making double registration as a voter, Yahaya Bello, candidate of the 1st defendant is not a fit and proper person to be allowed by the 2nd defendant to vote or be voted for in the forthcoming Kogi state governorship election, having committed act of electoral fraud.

“That Mr. Yahaya Bella. the candidate of the 1st Defendant. was initially registered as a voter sometime in 2011 in Abuja, by the 2nd defendant.

“That Bello. the candidate of the 1st defendant again fraudulently procured from the 2nd defendant. a second registration as a voter on 23rd May,. 2017, at Government House. Lokoja, while his 2011 first registration as a voter in Abuja was still live, extant and subsisting.

“That the said Yahaya Bello, the candidate of the 1st defendant carried out the double registration with the 2nd defendant so as to scuttle due electoral process.

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“That such a person is not a fit and proper person to vote for in any election, let alone for the high office of the governor of a state,” Akpoti said.

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