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The PDP on Thursday prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to make an order disqualifying Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara<\/a> from participating in the state\u2019s 2023 governorship election over alleged certificate forgery.<\/div>\n
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The PDP, in an originating summons filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo, also prayed for an order disqualifying the All Progressives Congress (APC) from fielding a governorship candidate in the poll.<\/div>\n
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The party,\u00a0in the suit\u00a0marked: FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/1324\/2022 and filed on Aug. 4 by its lawyer, Paul Erokoro, SAN, further\u00a0urged the court to make an order directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delist the name of Abdulrazaq as a candidate of APC for 2023 Kwara governorship election.<\/div>\n
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while the PDP is the plaintiff, INEC, Governor Abdulrazaq and APC are 1st to 3rd respondents respectively.<\/div>\n
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The party asked whether by virtue of Sections 177 (D), 182(1)(j)\u00a0 and 285(14) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended); Sections 29(2) and (4) of the Electoral Act, 2022, Abdulrazaq\u2019s affidavit in support of his personal particulars (Form EC9) and the accompanying documents published by the INEC contained false information to aid his educational qualification to contest the 2023 governorship election in the state.<\/div>\n
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The PDP, therefore, prayed the court to declare that \u201cthe West African Examination Council (WAEC) School Certificate\u00a0attached to the 2nd respondent (Abdulrazaq)\u2019s affidavit in support of personal particulars which bears the name \u2018RAZAQ A. R.\u2019 does not belong to the 2nd respondent, whose name as shown in FORM EC 9 is \u2018ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRAZAQ’\u201d<\/div>\n
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The party further urged the court to declare that the WAEC certificate\u00a0submitted by Abdulrazaq and presented by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to INEC was forged.<\/div>\n
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The matter, which was mentioned on Thursday, was adjourned by Justice Ekwo until Oct. 5 for hearing.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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