Calls for cancellation of Akwa Ibom PDP primaries suffers setback, as court upholds elections

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has upheld the just concluded primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State.

Counsel to the plaintiffs, Ahmed Raji, in his argument, said the 2nd-331st defendants, PDP, and its Adhoc Delegates committed a contempt of court by ignoring the Status Quo Bellum order of the court, and urged the court to cancel the outcome of all the primaries which commenced from Sunday, May 22nd in Akwa Ibom State.

Mr Nwoko urged the court to ignore the call for the cancellation of the primaries and rather focus on the preliminary objections which argue that the plaintiffs had no locus standi to challenge the ward Adhoc Congresses in Akwa Ibom State, have not shown any evidence that they contested for the PDP adhoc delegates primaries in the State.

Also, Paul Usoro appearing for PDP reasoned, “personally I looked at the order of the court and it was an advice which I believe was well intended by His lordship, but the other parties who were same day joined in the matter, were not even given time to articulate their case and I don’t think His lordship would have given an order against such people.”

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