An aspirant in the November 6 Anambra governorship election, George Moghalu has sued the All Progressives Congress, APC, for failing to conduct a valid primary election.
Moghalu were among the aspirants who disputed the primary process conducted by governor Dapo Abiodun-led panel.
Moghalu in the suit also demanded N122.5 million as damages. The damages include a refund for the fee paid for expression of interest and nomination forms and N100 million for the breach of contract to commence and conclude primary election.
Moghalu in the suit filed before a federal high court in Abuja, also urged the court to grant an order removing Uba and the APC from the list of gubernatorial candidates and political parties partaking in the Anambra governorship election.
In the affidavit in support of the suit, the plaintiff said the APC failed to conclude the selection and nomination process for its candidate for the November 6 governorship poll.
He said the APC had chosen to adopt direct primary, which is why the party published the list of designated venues for the exercise.
Moghalu said the party received N22.5 million for the expression of interest form and nomination form, including from him, “to allow him to participate in the primary election exercise”.
He further said he was informed a day before the primaries that the APC electoral committee would address all aspirants and stakeholders in Akwa.
“Shockingly, on June 26, 2021, the said election committee was not seen anywhere in Anambra; no accreditation of voters took place; no voting and collation of votes occurred in all the 326 wards of Anambra state,” he said.
He said the committee “announced election results it did not conduct, and which fakery was credited to the third defendant as the winner of the primary election scheduled for emergence as APC’s candidate in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra state”.
Moghalu also argued that the party did not invite the INEC in line with the law requiring the commission to monitor the exercise.
