2027: INEC tells court why it omitted Adebutu from Ogun governorship list

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that it excluded the Ogun State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ladi Adebutu, from the list of candidates for the 2027 election because his name was missing from the party's membership register submitted to the commission. INEC said its search of the register showed the name of the party's deputy governorship candidate, Kolapo Lateefat Oyeyemi, but did not produce any record matching Adebutu's name. The commission stated this in a counter-affidavit filed in response to a suit instituted by the PDP and Adebutu, seeking an order compelling it to recognise him as the par...