The Supreme Court affirmed the nomination of Mr Kefas as the PDP's governorship candidate after dismissing an appeal challenging his nomination.
An aggrieved PDP governorship aspirant, Jerome Nyameh, a professor, had urged the court to nullify Mr Agbu’s nomination for the poll on account of an alleged violation of the Electoral Act and the Constitution.
A member of the five-man panel of the Supreme Court, Emmanuel Agim, who read the unanimous decision, said the appellant did not join other aspirants that participated in the primary poll as defendants as statutorily required.The court held that the appellants acted in breach of Sections 84 and 87 of the Electoral Act by failing to make use of the primary election dispute mechanism as contained in the party’s guidelines.
“In the light of this, both appeals were deemed premature and lacking in merit as they were instituted without exploring the internal party options to seek redress before heading to court.
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