A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared as invalid the People’s Democratic Party’s primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as its governorship candidate.
The primary election conducted on February 22, 2024, was voided on the ground that 378 delegates who were supposed to vote at the primary election were unlawfully excluded by PDP.
Justice Inyang Ekwo invalidated the primary election while delivering judgment in a suit instituted by the aggrieved delegates.
Justice Ekwo held that both the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 and the PDP Guidelines were grossly violated in the conduct of the primary election at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium in Benin.
speaking after the court proceedings counsel to PDP delegates in Edo state said the judgement is welcomed