Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige has threatened to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for listing his name as one of the candidates in last Saturday’s Anambra Central Senatorial District re-run elections

In a statement released on Sunday, the Minister who described the act as obnoxious alleged that INEC deliberately listed his name with the clear intention of humiliating his person as the commission had rejected the name forwarded to it by the All Progressives Congress (APC) as his replacement in the elections initially slated to hold in March, 2016.

“I have since, by a letter dated 11th January, 2016, withdrawn from this rerun when it was earlier scheduled for March 2016 in accordance with the provisions of Section 33 and 35 of the Electoral Act 2010 for personal and family reasons.

“My party, the APC, accepted and promptly wrote INEC for my substitution. It went ahead and communicated its intention to organize a primary election for my substitution. The primary monitored by INEC was organized at Awka and the name of a new candidate that emerged was submitted, only for INEC to reject the new candidate on 29 January.

“My party, the APC and INEC are in the Court of Appeal, Abuja, over this obnoxious illegal action of INEC with hearing on the matter fixed for 23rd January which is still within the ambits of 90 days   ordered by court, only for the INEC to fix an ‘election’ for 13th in order to give an unfair advantage to the APGA candidate to go “unopposed.’