[BREAKING] Bye-election: We’ll obey Appeal Court ruling sacking Araraume —INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will comply with the ruling of the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri , Imo State , which sacked Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the December 5 Imo North senatorial bye-election .

The court , in its judgment delivered by Justice Uchechukwu Onyemenam on Friday, nullified the November 6 ruling of the Federal High Court which declared Ararume as the authentic candidate of the APC.

It also ordered INEC to replace the former senator ’ s name with Mr Frank Ibezim , whom it said won the party’ s primary .

Details later …

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