A Federal Excessive Courtroom, Ado Ekiti Division, on Tuesday, ordered the Peoples Democratic Get together to conduct a recent governorship main ballot to elect its candidate.
The decide, Justice Babs Kuewumi, gave the order after he nullified the PDP primaries, which was held on November 8, the place Wole Oluyede emerged the social gathering’s candidate.
An aspirant within the primaries, Funso Ayeni, dissatisfied with the result of the polls, had approached the courtroom looking for, amongst others, cancellation of the train, citing failure to fulfill the social gathering’s pointers and structure.
Ayeni had, by means of his counsel, Kola Kolade SAN, approached the courtroom in a go well with marked FHC/AD/CS/29/2025, saying that “the social gathering (PDP) didn’t current the unique and genuine record of statutory and advert hoc delegates used for the train”.
The plaintiff argued that the absence of the unique delegates’ record constituted a elementary breach of the PDP pointers and the Electoral Act, thereby rendering the first election invalid.
In his judgment on Tuesday, Kuewumi held that “the conduct of the first election didn’t adjust to the provisions of the regulation and the social gathering’s structure.
“Consequently, the first election is hereby nullified,” he declared, ordering the PDP along with the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee to conduct a recent governorship main election in strict compliance with the regulation and related pointers.”
Kuewumi directed that each one eligible aspirants be allowed to take part within the recent main election to make sure transparency, equity, and inner democracy throughout the social gathering.
Reacting to the judgment, counsel to Oluyede, Owoseni Ajayi, who expressed dissatisfaction with the courtroom verdict, stated that the judgment can be appealed, including that Oluyede would file for a keep of execution.
Recall that Oluyede’s title was excluded from the record of governorship candidates for the June 20 governorship election printed by INEC on December 29.
Oluyede had vowed that he would problem the state of affairs and discover all out there means to make sure his title was restored to the record in order that he may take part within the election and win.