Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- The Federal High Court in Akure has disqualified the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akoko Southeast and Southwest Federal constituency of Ondo State in the 25 February general election.

Adegboyega Adefarati was disqualified after the court nullified the party primaries which produced him in November.

The court said the APC, therefore, has no candidate in the constituency for the election.

It was the second primary of the APC in the constituency to be voided by the courts following petitions faulting the procedures for the conduct of the exercises.

The court voided the first primary election of the party held on 27 May 2022 after the court agreed with a petitioner that the election was held in ...