Ondo Guber: INEC drops Ebiseni, restores Festus as LP candidate

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has dropped Mr Olusola Ebiseni as the candidate of the Labour Party LP following an appellate court order in that regard.

This is coming hours to the Ondo State Governorship Election.

In a swift action, INEC has restored Olorunfemi Ayodele Festus, whose name was first published as the Labour Party candidate for the 2024 Ondo State Governorship election.

The commission made this known via a post on its X handle on Friday.

“The Commission was yesterday 14th November 2024 served with the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement of the Court of Appeal which set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja Division.

“The FHC, in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1105/2024 had on 27th September 2024 ordered the Commission to accept Olusola Ebiseni as the candidate of the Labour Party for the 2024 Ondo State Governorship election.

“However, in the appeal with reference number CA/ABJ/CV/1172/2024 filed by the Labour Party, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division struck out the judgement of the FHC for lack of jurisdiction.

“In obedience to the court order, the Commission has restored Olorunfemi Ayodele Festus, whose name was first published as the Labour Party candidate for the 2024 Ondo State Governorship election and uploaded to our website for public information,” the post read.