Ogun Gov Poll: PDP Candidate’s Name Not In Party’s Register, INEC Tells Court

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained to the Federal High Court in Abuja why it excluded Ogun State PDP candidate Mr Ladi Adebutu from its list of candidates cleared for the 2027 general elections.

In a counter-affidavit deposed to by Mr Mustapha Mohammed, a Chief Program Analyst in its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department, the Commission told the court that Adebutu’s name was not found in the register of members the PDP earlier submitted to it.

It told the court that it found only the name of the PDP’s deputy governorship candidate in the state, Kolapo Lateefat Oyeyemi, in the register.

INEC’s counter-affidavit was in opposition to a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2573/2026, which the PDP and its Ogun State governorship candidate, Adebutu, filed against it.

While the PDP is the 1st plaintiff in the matter, Adebutu is listed as the 2nd plaintiff, with INEC named as the sole defendant.