{"id":7353,"date":"2019-03-29T14:38:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=7353"},"modified":"2019-03-29T14:38:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:38:45","slug":"breaking-supreme-court-declares-donald-duke-authentic-sdp-presidential-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/breaking-supreme-court-declares-donald-duke-authentic-sdp-presidential-candidate","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Supreme Court Declares Donald Duke Authentic SDP Presidential Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"first\">The Supreme Court has declared Donald Duke, former Governor of Cross River State, as the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).<\/p>\n<p>At the October 6, 2018 primary of the SDP, Duke had polled 812 votes to defeat Professor Jerry Gana who polled 611.<\/p>\n<p>However, Gana went to court to seek Duke\u2019s disqualification, a request that was granted by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in December.<\/p>\n<p>The Appeal Court upturned the decision in January; and on Friday Supreme Court, justices Ejembi Eko, Kudirat Kekere, Amiru Sanusi, Paul Galumje and Uwani Aji upheld it.<\/p>\n<p>The court also awarded N3 million in favour of Duke.<\/p>\n<p>While the Duke-Gana tussle went on, National Executive Council (NEC) of the SDP\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/saharareporters.com\/2019\/02\/07\/breaking-sdp-adopts-buhari-presidential-candidate\">adopted President Muhammadu Buhari<\/a>\u00a0as its presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix after-story-ad-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"views-row col-small-6 col-large-4\">\n<div class=\"block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\">\n<div class=\"adunit-parent block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court has declared Donald Duke, former Governor of Cross River State, as the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). 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