Too late, they have been duly elected – lawyer reacts to Court’s decision to nullify Alex Otti’s candidature

Festus Ogun, a human rights activist, has expressed his response to the recent ruling of the Federal High Court, which invalidated the candidacy of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr. Alex Otti, and all other candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia and Kano states.

The Federal High Court in Kano, under the jurisdiction of Justice M.N. Yunusa, nullified Otti’s candidature and that of the LP candidates in both states. The court concluded that their emergence did not comply with the provisions outlined in the 2022 Electoral Act.

In response to the ruling, Festus Ogun took to Twitter to express his opinion, characterizing the judgement as belated and asserting that Otti and the other LP candidates had already been duly elected.

“Too late. They have been duly elected,” Ogun tweeted.

“This judgement cannot affect their emergence in any way and cannot be a ground to challenge their emergence at the Tribunal.”