Court affirms Arobo as APC candidate for Owo/Ose federal seat

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed Abdulghani Arobo as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Owo/Ose Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives.
Arobo had sued the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/26, challenging the outcome of the party’s primary election held on May 16, 2026, in Ondo State.
Delivering judgment on Wednesday, Justice Peter Lifu upheld Arobo’s victory, ruling that he scored the majority of the lawful votes cast in the primary: 7,959 votes in Owo Local Government Area and 2,583 votes in Ose Local Government Area.
The judge held that, having summed up...