More troubles for the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Sept 21 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, as a Federal High Court in Abuja Thursday morning invalidated his emergence as the party’s 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 the PDP.
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo invalidated the primary election while delivering judgement in a suit instituted by the aggrieved delegates.
The suit marked THC/ABJ/CS/165/2024 was instituted by one Hon Kelvin Mohammed in a representative capacity.
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.
