Politics
Chris Adolawam, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, in Ebonyi State, is to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission for wrongly publishing his name as the candidate of Progressive Democratic Movement
A POLITICIAN from the All Progressives Congress, APC, has threatened to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Progressive Democratic Movement, PDM, for allegedly, wrongly publishing his name as the senatorial candiate for the Ebonyi North Senatorial on the platform of PDM in the 2019 election.
Chris Adolawam, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, told journalists in Abakaliki, that he was embarrassed by the publication, adding that his lawyers were going to file a suit of N100 million damages against INEC and PDM on Monday next week.
“This is a strange development that is targeted at tarnishing my image as an APC chieftain. What is the relationship between APC and PDM?” Adolawam queried.
The APC chieftain told his supporters and stakeholders of the party that he has not changed his membership of the APC, warning that nobody should use his name to score cheap political point in the state.
According to him, “I have never discussed with them. Yesterday, my attention was drawn to the publication. I have notified my lawyer. It is ridiculous for PDM to publish my name as their senatorial candidate for the 2019 general election.
“In this document, page 122, my name was published by INEC as PDM Senatorial candidate. Am suing them together with INEC and by Monday, we will file a suit in court.
“This publication made people to look at me as a double standard person; if I were involved, I should have been campaigning or my posters will be everywhere. They are going to pay dearly for it. I’m not holding any assignment but my Bible. We will sue for 100m for damages.”
However, Ajah Arua, State chairman of PDM, called on Adolawam to refrain from taking the matter to court as the case would be resolved amicably without any legal interference.
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– Jan. 31, 2019 @ 12:19 GMT |
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