JUST-IN: Appeal Court Okays Edo PDP Gov’ship Primary

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has set aside the judgement of a Federal High Court, Abuja, which ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to allow the participation of 381 ad-hoc delegates in the February 22 primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as the candidate of the party for the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State.

A three-man panel of the appellate court upturned the judgement of Justice Inyang Ekwo delivered on the July 4, 2024, on the grounds that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit of the aggrieved delegates in the first place, having lacked the necessary legal rights to initiate the suit to contest the outcome of the PDP governorship primary election.

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