INEC Shuns Court Order, Publishes Emenike As Abia APC Governorship Candidate Ikechi Emenike Despite a subsisting court order from the Abia division of Federal High Court ordering the electoral umpire not to accept, recognize or publish the name or details of Ikechi Emenike as the governorship candidate of APC in Abia State, INEC on Friday accorded recognition to Emenike by publishing his name.

Publishing of Emenike’s name and others is in line with its schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections.

While the former Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uche Ogah is laying claim to the candidacy of Abia APC governoship, Ikechi Emenike insists he was duly elected. Governorship through a direct primary was held in May while Emenike emerged through an indirect primary conducted by the Kingsley Ononogbu led faction of the party.

Although the lisOnonogbu-Ledeen pasted in some state headquarters of the commission and there was confusion in Delta over the People’s Democratic Party, PDP’s list on the INEC portal, the names of many candidates were pasted.