2023: Court sacks Labour Party governorship candidate (PHOTO)

<p><strong>A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Chijioke Edeoga<&sol;a> as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party for Enugu State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;17976" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-17976" style&equals;"width&colon; 1024px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-17976" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Edeoga-1024x577-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"577" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-17976" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Chijioke Edeoga<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Recall that Evarest Nnaji&comma; popularly referred to as Odengene had approached the Abuja court to challenge the May primary election that produced Chijioke as the party’s candidate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;atiku-speaks-on-convoy-attack-says-74-hospitalized&sol;">Atiku Reacts To Convoy Attack&comma; Says 74 Hospitalized <&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Justice Evelyn Maha who dismissed the primary election ordered the party to conduct a fresh primary election within 14 days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The duo were members of the Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar; but defected earlier in the year to battle for the LP ticket for the forthcoming governorship elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;