Politics
More Trouble For Ogun PDP As Court Orders PDP, INEC To Accept Kashamu’s Delegates List
A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to accept and process the list of candidates and delegates submitted to them by the Adebayo Dayo-led Ogun State Executive Committee of the party for the purpose of the 2019 general election.
Primary election: Senator Kashamu’s group wins PDP in court https://t.co/bT8GNBc8fK pic.twitter.com/g0HiJ2OzUf
— RightMichael (@rumorspro) October 3, 2018
The court order followed the parallel governorship primaries held on Sunday by the Dayo-led faction and that of Sikirullahi Ogundele-faction backed by the national leadership of the party.
The two factions of the PDP produced Shittu Adeleke and Ladi Adebutu as governorship candidates, respectively.
Lado is the only aspirant in his faction recognised by the national secretariat. Bayo Dayo faction of. Ogun PDP is said to be controlled by Senator Buruji Kashamu, who has be (illegally?) expelled. Also, the Bayo Dayo faction operates only on a gamut of court orders https://t.co/e9G6d9fWTd
— 'Yẹmí King (@TheYemiKing) September 30, 2018
However, the Dayo-led group, backed by the Senator representing Ogun East, Buruji Kashamu, in a suit filed before the court, sought an interlocutory order directing the INEC to accept or process delegates and candidates produced by the group as the authentic for the next general elections.
So hearing Senator Buruji Kashamu has done his court magic again against PDP National
— 'Yẹmí King (@TheYemiKing) October 2, 2018
The suit marked FHC/AB/CS/114/2018 between Dayo-led executive and INEC, equally joined the PDP, its National Chairman, Uche Secondus, and the National Secretary, Ibrahim Tsauri.
Delivering his ruling on Tuesday, after an argument canvassed by Rickey Tarfa SAN on behalf of the plaintiffs, Justice Abubakar Shittu granted an order restraining INEC from accepting or processing nominees except done in compliance with the court order.
