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Court urged to disqualify APC candidate over alleged age falsification

TWO registered voters, Amagada Onoriode and Osibi Ufuoma, have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, to disqualify Benjamin Essien as All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Isoko South I in the Delta State House of Assembly seat in the coming elections over alleged age falsification.

Other defendants in the suit are APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The plaintiffs are contending that “Essien, who swore under oath vide his INEC Form C.F. 001, in an affidavit in support of personal particulars in seeking election into the state Assembly had presented conflicting dates of births ranging from “July 7, 2014, July 7, 1966, June 7, 1966 and July 7, 1982 and July 7, 1962.”

The plaintiffs are praying the court for “an order to set aside the purported nomination and or sponsorship of Essien by APC and INEC as candidate to contest the forth coming election into the state Assembly on the platform of APC or any other party.

“A perpetual injunction restraining Essien either by himself, his agent, privies or surrogates, from dealing with him (Essien) as candidate of the APC.”

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