Appeal Court reaffirms Asue Ighodalo as Edo PDP gov candidate
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reaffirmed the nomination of Asue Ighodalo as governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State.
In a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Musali JCA on Monday in the suit marked CA/ABJ/CV/764/2024, the Appeal Court held that the delegates who sought to nullify the PDP primaries lack locus and therefore the trial court has no jurisdiction to nullify the PDP primaries.
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The Appellate Court further stated that under Section 84 (14) of the Electoral Act, it is only aspirants that can challenge a primary election. It ruled that ad hoc delegates are not aspirants and therefore do not have the locus to sue as the matter is an internal affairs of PDP.
“They are delegates and not aspirants. Delegates do not have any locus to challenge the process of the primary election,” the court held.
Consequently, the appellate court upheld the February 22 primaries of the PDP in Edo State, which produced Ighodalo as governorship candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming September 21 election.