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COURT ORDERS INEC TO REINSTATE LADI ADEBUTU AS OGUN PDP GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reinstate Honourable Oladipupo (Ladi) Adebutu as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the February 6, 2027 Ogun State governorship election. The judgment was delivered on Friday, November 13, 2026, by Justice Peter Lifu.
The court held that INEC lacked the authority to unilaterally remove a candidate validly sponsored by a political party without a court order. Justice Lifu also ruled that the commission breached Adebutu's right to fair hearing by excluding his name from the final list of governorship candidates.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2573/2026, was instituted by Adebutu and the PDP on October 22 following INEC's omission of his name from the final candidates' list published on October 10. While the PDP maintained that Adebutu's name was included in the membership records submitted to INEC, the commission argued that its records did not contain his name and challenged the membership details presented by the party.
Consequently, the court directed INEC to restore Adebutu's name and publish it within 24 hours. The ruling marks a significant judicial development in the PDP's preparations for the 2027 Ogun governorship election, although the broader political and legal implications of the judgment remain to be seen.
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