The Court of Appeal has set aside a judgement of the Federal High Court in Abeokuta ordering the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to conduct fresh primaries in Ogun State.
The appeal court gave the order on Monday in Ibadan.
Justice O O Oguntoyin of the high court had on 27 September ordered the State Executive Committee of the PDP to conduct the fresh primaries within 14 days.
The court delivered the judgement in a suit filed by three members of the party, Taiwo Olabode-Idris, Kehinde Akala, and Ayinde Monsuri against the PDP governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, and INEC contesting the authenticity of the delegates’ lists used to conduct the primaries.
But while delivering judgment in an appeal filed by the PDP, Justice Folasade Ojo, in a unanimous ruling of the appellate court, stated that the lower court was wrong in its judgment as only the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP is vested with the power to conduct the party’s primaries.
The PDP in Ogun has…
