The Federal High Court in Owerri, Imo State has dismissed a suit filed
by the former Bayelsa governorship aspirant in the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Mr Timi Alaibe challenging the emergence of the state
governor, Duoye Diri as the legitimate winner of the PDP primaries held
on September 3, 2019.
Mr Alaibe had dragged Douye Diri and the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to court over what he described as a ‘flawed process’
of the PDP primary.
But the court dismissed the suit for lacking in merit, adding that the
PDP followed all the constitutional requirements to conduct the primary
and subsequent emergence of Diri as the rightful candidate of the party.
The trial judge, Justice Tijani Rigim also ruled that Mr Alaibe
shouldn’t have even approached the court in the first instance since PDP
had met all the requirements.