2027: Imo senatorial aspirant drags NDC, INEC to court

From George Onyejiuwa, Owerri

A senatorial aspirant for Imo North (Okigwe), Isaac Nwachukwu, has dragged the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the Federal High Court in Owerri, Imo State, over the fallout of party’s National Assembly primaries.
Nwachukwu, who filed the suit, yesterday, through his counsel, C.J. Oguzie, accused the party of denying him the Imo North senatorial ticket after he emerged as a   consensus candidate and paid N5 million for the nomination form.
The suit also disclosed that Nwachukwu had paid N20 million in support of the party, which was reduced to N10 million when the list of those who s...