Mentioned as 1st to 3rd defendants in the suit are INEC, Ewuga and the CPC.
In the suit filed yesterday through her lawyer Bamidele Aturu, she is seeking an order directing INEC to declare her as winner of the said elections on the grounds that Ewuga who lost to her in the PDP primaries did not participate in the primary elections of the CPC.
She said in an affidavit in support of the originating summons that Ewuga is still a member of the PDP even though he parades himself as the candidate of the CPC as such he can not be lawfully elected on the platform of the CPC into the Senate.
“I am also aware that one Dr Yusuf Musa Nagogo claimed to be the candidate of the CPC for the Nasarawa North Senatorial District election and he has instituted action against INEC, Ewuga and CPC at the Federal High Court in Abuja wherein he claimed that he is the sole aspirant for the said senatorial seat,” she averred.
She also averred that at the end of the election at the collation centre in Akwanga, Ewuga’s agents prevented the relevant INEC officials from announcing the name of the winner but said instead that only the name of the party should be announced.
“The INEC returning officer could not declare the scores of each of the candidate nor return any candidate as the winner of that seat,” she said.
Akwashiki is seeking a declaration that it is illegal for INEC to declare Ewuga who did not participate in the nomination process of the CPC as the winner of the senatorial election conducted last Saturday.
She similarly wants a declaration that she ought to be the winner of the said election, having emerged with the second highest number of votes and being the validly nominated candidate of the PDP.
CPC emerged first with a total of 62, 815 while PDP came second with a total of 31, 682.
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Defeated Senator Akwashiki wants court to stop Ewuga