Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- A Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has nullified the local government and councilorship elections in the state.

The elections, conducted in July 2024, brought 13 local government chairpersons and 171 councillors into power in the South-eastern state.

The candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won all 13 chairmanship seats and 171 ward councillors during the elections.

But two indigenes of the state, Samuel Udeogu and Amaechi Isu, filed a suit against the poll. They were listed as first and second plaintiffs in the suit respectively.

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

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