Nigerian actor Olumide Oworu, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of excluding his name from the ballot papers for the State House of Assembly election.
Oworu, who was not on the ballot for the Surulere Constituency 1 of the Lagos State House of Assembly, claimed that his participation in the election was not for attention.
He stated that INEC did not comply with a court order issued on February 2, which required the commission to open its website for the Labour Party to submit the names of its candidates or accept manual submission.
In a statement posted on his official Instagram page, Oworu said, “Regarding the authenticity of my candidacy and my name not appearing on the ballot, that is a situation that came about due to the failure of the INEC to comply with the subsisting judgment of the Federal High Court delivered on the 2nd of February 2023 in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/2115/2022 wherein INEC was ordered to open her website to allow the labour party to submit the list of her candidates or accept the same manually immediately.
“INEC failed to upload the names on the list sent by the Labour Party in October 2022. I assure you that this endeavour was not one for clout but was borne out of a genuine desire for change.”