Edo state high court has disqualified the candidacy of Audu Ganiyu, running mate of Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19, 2020, governorship election.
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had earlier filed a suit against Ganiyu and two others whom he said they were not qualified to contest the election.
He had asked the court to disqualify Ganiyu on the grounds of “giving false information” to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Delivering judgment in Benin, the state capital on Wednesday, Courage-Ogbebor, the presiding judge, held that Ganiyu presented false information to INEC in his Form EC9.
In December, a federal high court in Abuja had disqualified a suit which sought the disqualification of Ganiyu in the election.
The Action Democratic Party (ADP), which filed the suit, had alleged that Ganiyu presented forged documents to INEC.
