Court cancels June PDP primaries, confirms Odii's election as guber candidate
The Federal High Court in Ebonyi again declared the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primaries in Ebonyi invalid and recognized Dr. Ifeanyi-Chukwuma Odii as the party's genuine gubernatorial candidate for the elections in 2023.
It should be recalled that the party postponed and held a new primary on June 4-5 after a first primary held on May 28-29 and produced Odii as a candidate for governor.
The postponed June 4-5 exercise produced Senator Obinna Ogba as another party gubernatorial candidate.
The presiding judge, Judge Fatun Riman, declared that the repeated primaries in the state were invalid because they were not monitored by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“The rescheduled primaries were not held according to law, so we recognized the May 28-29 primaries that elected Odii as the gubernatorial candidate in Ebonyi and that is our judgement.
However, an Abuja Court of Appeal on Tuesday ordered the trial de novo of the lawsuit regarding Guber Ebonyi PDP ticket by the Magistrate Court, Federal High Court of Abakaliki.
The order was made to allow the appellant, who claimed to be an interested party, to be heard in accordance with the principle of natural justice expressed in the legal maxim "audi alterem partem" which requires that the other party must be heard.
Mr. Mudi Erhenede, lawyer for Odii, popularly known as Anyichuks, thanked the court for the judgment.
"The court reconsidered the lawsuit for a fair hearing and ruled that the rescheduled PDP primaries remain invalid.
“So the court, in its wisdom, ruled that the business of the June 4-5 primaries was not done according to law and of course recognized the May 28-29 party primaries” , said Erhenede.
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The Federal High Court in Ebonyi again declared the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primaries in Ebonyi invalid and recognized Dr. Ifeanyi-Chukwuma Odii as the party's genuine gubernatorial candidate for the elections in 2023.
It should be recalled that the party postponed and held a new primary on June 4-5 after a first primary held on May 28-29 and produced Odii as a candidate for governor.
The postponed June 4-5 exercise produced Senator Obinna Ogba as another party gubernatorial candidate.
The presiding judge, Judge Fatun Riman, declared that the repeated primaries in the state were invalid because they were not monitored by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“The rescheduled primaries were not held according to law, so we recognized the May 28-29 primaries that elected Odii as the gubernatorial candidate in Ebonyi and that is our judgement.
However, an Abuja Court of Appeal on Tuesday ordered the trial de novo of the lawsuit regarding Guber Ebonyi PDP ticket by the Magistrate Court, Federal High Court of Abakaliki.
The order was made to allow the appellant, who claimed to be an interested party, to be heard in accordance with the principle of natural justice expressed in the legal maxim "audi alterem partem" which requires that the other party must be heard.
Mr. Mudi Erhenede, lawyer for Odii, popularly known as Anyichuks, thanked the court for the judgment.
"The court reconsidered the lawsuit for a fair hearing and ruled that the rescheduled PDP primaries remain invalid.
“So the court, in its wisdom, ruled that the business of the June 4-5 primaries was not done according to law and of course recognized the May 28-29 party primaries” , said Erhenede.
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