{"id":123042,"date":"2024-07-04T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T10:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/edo-guber-court-voids-pdp-primary-election"},"modified":"2024-07-04T13:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T12:13:21","slug":"edo-guber-court-voids-pdp-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/edo-guber-court-voids-pdp-primary-election","title":{"rendered":"Edo guber: Court voids PDP primary election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared as invalid the Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as its governorship candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The primary election conducted on February 22, 2024, was voided on the ground that 378 delegates who were supposed to vote at the primary election were unlawfully excluded by PDP.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo invalidated the primary election while delivering judgment in a suit instituted by the aggrieved delegates.<\/p>\n<p>The suit marked THC\/ABJ\/CS\/165\/2024 was instituted by one Hon Kelvin Mohammed in a representative capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Ekwo held that both the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 and the PDP Guidelines were grossly violated in the conduct of the primary election at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium in Benin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared as invalid the Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as its governorship candidate. 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