JUST IN: Court orders INEC to recognise Adebutu as Ogun PDP guber candidate
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Oladipupo Adebutu as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the 2027 election in Ogun state. In a judgment delivered on Friday, Peter Lifu, presiding judge, directed INEC to publish Adebutu’s name as the party’s duly nominated candidate within 24 hours. The judge held that the electoral commission lacked the power to unilaterally remove the name…