The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Monday affirmed the nomination of Asue Ighodalo as the lawful candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.
A three-member panel of the appellate court affirmed Ighodalo 's nomination after dismissing the appeal filed by a governorship aspirant, Anselm Ojezua, for being incompetent and lacking in merit. Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, had on June 26 dismissed Ojezua's suit challenging the return of Ighodalo as winner of the February 22 primary election of the PDP .
The appellate court noted that although the plaintiff had written some petitions to the Chairman of the PDP three man ward panel as well as the Chairman of the Edo State PDP Primary Election Panel wherein he had alleged manipulation of the delegate list and cast aspersions on the process of the primary election, he did not say anywhere that he made any compliant about the conduct of the February 22 primary that produced Ighodalo as candidate.
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