PoliticalBring lawsuit against2026-05-20🇳🇬

Nigeria’s Labour Party scribe petitions election screening committee over candidate eligibility

source: Labour Party Secretary Igiri Innocent -> target: Labour Party Presidential Screening Committee

On 2026-05-20, Labour Party Secretary in Ebonyi State, Comrade Igiri Innocent, petitioned the party’s presidential screening committee in Abuja to disqualify aspirant Samuel Chibuzor Nwigwe. The petition alleged that Nwigwe was constitutionally ineligible due to alleged British citizenship and failure to meet party and constitutional requirements.

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