Ogun State: Court Affirms Adebutu As PDP Governorship Candidate
Category: Nigeria News
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed Oladipupo
Adebutu as the winner of the Ogun State Governorship Primary of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) after dismissing a suit by Jimi Lawal for lacking
reliable and credible evidence.
Lawal, who contested the May 25
governorship primary election of PDP, had challenged the emergence of Adebutu,
alleging that an invalid delegates list was fraudulently used by the PDP to
conduct the election.
Lawal had prayed that the purported primary
be cancelled and another conducted with the authentic ad hoc delegates.
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Delivering Judgement, Justice Ekwo described Lawal as a “spoiler”,
having joined the PDP in March from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and
participated in governorship primary held in May.
The court also
held that the delegates list which Lawal challenged, is the same list approved
by the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which was
used during the primaries which Adebutu emerged as the candidate of the
party.
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