Nigeria, July 23 -- The Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State has reserved judgement in a suit challenging the validity of the 2024 local elections in the state.

The elections were held on 20 July 2024.

The candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress won all the 13 chairmanship seats and 171 ward councillors in the state.

But two indigenes of the state, Samuel Udeogu and Amaechi Isu filed the suit against the poll.

Messrs Udeogu and Isu asked the court to nullify the elections for allegedly violating the 2022 Electoral Law.

The Independent National Electoral Commission and the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) were listed in the suit as defendants.

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State and the ...