UPDATED: Court strikes out suits seeking to void PDP’s ward congresses in Edo

A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out two suits seeking the nullification of the ward congresses held by the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State on February 4, 2024.

Defendants in both suits are: The Independent National Electoral Commission , the PDP; acting National Chairman of the PDP, Umar Damagu; former acting National Secretary, Setonji Koshoedo; PDP’s National Working Committee ;and the party’s National Executive Committee . In the judgment in the case by Alabi and Oboarer, Justice Ekwo said: “It was expected of the plaintiffs to demonstrate their interest In nullifying the said second defendant’s ward congresses held on 4th February, 2024 with some form of concrete evidence of such interest at least donated by law.

Justice Ekwo added that none of the judicial authorities cited and relied upon by the plaintiffs said locus stand could be interpreted to confer universal or unlimited access to the court by persons claiming remote right to seek relief or remedy. They prayed for an injection restraining the second to the sixth defendants from further issuing any letter or correspondence with the name and or signature of the 4th defendant as Acting National Secretary.

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