Daud Olatunji
The Peoples Democratic Party has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission, demanding immediate compliance with a Federal High Court order directing the publication of Oladipupo Olatunde Adebutu as its governorship candidate for the 2027 election in Ogun State.
The demand followed a judgment reportedly delivered on Friday, November 13, 2026, by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a suit instituted by the PDP and Adebutu against INEC over the exclusion of the latter’s name from the commission’s final list of governorship candidates.
In a letter dated November 13, addressed to the INEC chairman, and obtained by PLATFORM TIMES, counsel to the plaintiffs, Ahmed Raji (SAN), said the court granted all the reliefs sought in the suit, including an order compelling the commission to publish Adebutu’s name within 24 hours.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2573, was filed on October 16, 2026, following the omission of Adebutu’s name from the final list of candidates published by INEC on October 10.
Titled, ‘Demand for Immediate Compliance with the Order of Federal High Court,’ the letter formally notified the commission of the judgment and urged it to implement the court’s directives without delay.
Raji said a copy of the enrolled court order was attached to the correspondence, expressing confidence that INEC would respect the decision of the court.
“We have no doubt that the Commission, being a law-abiding institution, will accord the Enrolled Order of the Honourable Court the requisite respect and give effect to its directives without delay,” the letter stated.
The senior advocate consequently demanded that INEC publish Adebutu’s name as the PDP governorship candidate for Ogun State within the 24-hour period stipulated by the court.
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