A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta on Friday nullified a governorship re- run Primary conducted by dissident the Peoples Democratic Party aspirant, led Jimi Lawal and his faction in Ogun State.
The court held that the re-run was illegal, unconstitutional and void.
The suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu with number FHC/AB/CS/220/2022 against Mr. Jimi Adebisi Lawal and others followed a rerun primary held on 17th October in clear.
Lawal’s faction claimed that the primary was conducted in compliance with the court order which ordered a fresh primary.
In the judgment delivered by Hon. Justice Akintayo Aluko, all the three questions formulated in the Plaintiffs’ Originating Summons were resolved in favour of the PDP and Hon. Adebutu.
The court declared that the purported Gubernatorial rerun Primary Election of the PDP in Ogun State purportedly conducted on the 17th October, 2022 was not conducted in compliance with the orders made by the Federal High Court, Abeokuta Division in Suit No: FHC/AB/CS/83/2022 between Prince Adesegun Seriki and Ors v INEC and Ors and Suit No: FHC/AB/CS/87/2022 between Taiwo Olabode Idris and Ors v PDP and Ors both of which were delivered on the 27th day of September, 2022.
The court further declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission cannot validly accept the name of Jimi Lawal as the candidate of the PDP as the purported re- run Governorship Primary Election is illegal, unconstitutional and void.
