{"id":99767,"date":"2022-09-28T08:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T07:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99767"},"modified":"2022-09-28T08:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T07:34:17","slug":"2023-court-nullifies-pdp-primaries-in-ogun-orders-fresh-elections-within-14-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2023-court-nullifies-pdp-primaries-in-ogun-orders-fresh-elections-within-14-days\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: Court Nullifies PDP Primaries In Ogun, Orders Fresh Elections Within 14 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">A Federal High court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Tuesday nullified all the primary elections conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State.<\/p>\n<p>The presiding judge, Justice O.O Oguntoyinbo in his judgement ordered the party to conduct fresh primaries within the next 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe party had on May 25 conducted the primary election which produced Adebutu as the governorship candidate of the party.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019 lists used for the conduct of the primaries.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs contended that the persons on delegates\u2019 list used by the electoral panel for the primaries were not democratically elected at the ward, local government and state congresses, hence the panel \u201ccannot unilaterally or arbitrarily impose\u201d the list on the party for the primaries.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe 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 \u201cfor 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They also sought an order directing the 2nd Defendant (INEC) \u201cto disregard and\/or refrain from giving effect to the results of the alleged 1st Defendant\u2019s indirect primary election held on the 25th of May, 2022 based on the list of ad-hoc delegates who were not elected at the ward congresses constituted by the 1st Defendant for that purpose\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the judgement the counsel to the plaintiffs, Thaddeus Idenyi said, the court nullified the election \u201cbecause it was conducted using a list of adhoc delegates who were not elected\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Federal High court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Tuesday nullified all the primary elections conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State. 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