Timi Alaibe, one of the 21 aspirants in the just concluded governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, has gone to court, seeking the cancellation of the exercise.
, one of the 21 aspirants in the just concluded governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, has gone to court, seeking the cancellation of the exercise.
The primary was won by Douye Diri, a senator who is backed by the incumbent governor of the state, Seriake Dickson.Mr Alaibe, in a statement on Saturday from his campaign organisation, said the electoral process was “flawed” and “manipulated”, and that he was “brazenly robbed of victory”. He filed an application on Friday at the federal high court, Yenogoa, seeking the cancellation of the result of the primary.
The PDP, Mr Diri, and the Independent National Electoral Commission are among the defendants in the suit. “The suit filed pursuant to Order 3 of the Federal High Court Rules 2019, seeks answers to questions bordering on obvious non-adherence to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Electoral Act 2010, the Peoples Democratic Party Constitution and Election Guidelines, by the State Chapter of the party in the conduct of the Ward Congresses, inclusion of local government council officials in the delegates list and the procedure for inclusion of three ad-hoc delegates.
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