Court Nullifies Ogun PDP Primary Elections
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, on Tuesday nullified all the primary elections conducted by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in choosing candidates for the 2023 general elections in the State.
The presiding judge, Justice O. O Oguntoyinbo in his judgement ordered
the party to conduct another primaries within the next 14 days.
The court also barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
from recognising Hon. Ladi Adebutu as the governorship candidate of the party
in the state.
The party had on May 25 conducted the primary
election which produced Adebutu as the governorship candidate of the party.
But
three members of the party, Taiwo Olabode Idris, Kehinde Akala and Alhaji
Ayinde Monsuri had dragged the party, Ladi Adebutu and the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court challenging the authenticity of
the delegates’ lists used for the conduct of the primaries.
The
plaintiffs argued, the persons on delegates’ list used by electoral panel for
the primaries were not democratically elected at the ward, local government
and state congresses, hence the panel “cannot unilaterally or arbitrarily
impose” the list on the party for the primaries.
The plaintiffs in
their originating summons, had prayed the court among others to nullify or set
aside the state congress/indirect primary election, held by the 1st defendant
(PDP) on 25th of May, 2022 “for the purpose of choosing the candidate which
the 1st Defendant intends to nominate/sponsor at the 2023 Governorship
election in Ogun State based on the list of delegates who were not
democratically elected at the ward congress.”
The Publicity
Secretary of the party in the state, Akinloye Bankole said, the party would
study the judgement before any action is taken.
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