BREAKING: Edo governorship: Court Faults PDP Primary Election That Produce Asue Ighodalo

 


The Edo chapter of the PDP has come under fire again!. The aggrieved members who claimed to be denied during the governorship primary held in the state has gotten Justice from the Federal High Court in Abuja. 

Justice Inyang Ekwo, has declared invalid the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary election held on February 22, 2024, which also produced Asue Ighodalo as its governorship flag bearer.


The Justice made this declaration while delivering judgment in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/165/2024, brought by aggrieved delegates, notably Kelvin Mohammed, in a representative capacity.


The judge voided the primary on the grounds that 378 delegates, who were supposed to vote were unlawfully excluded by the PDP, contrary to the provisions of the law.



The court found gross violations of the Electoral Act 2022, PDP guidelines, and the party’s constitution in the conduct of the primary election held at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin.





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