Nigeria, Nov. 13 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the name of Ladi Adebutu as the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) governorship candidate for the 2027 Ogun State election within 24 hours.

Judge Peter Lifu gave the order on Friday in a judgement following a suit filed by Mr Adebutu and the PDP to challenge INEC's exclusion of his name from the final list of candidates for the upcoming 6 February 2027 governorship election.

The judge held that INEC "acted beyond its statutory powers" by removing Mr Adebutu's name from the list, adding that "the commission had no authority to disqualify a candidate duly nominated by a political party."

He consequently declared t...