Kogi Governorship Election: Court Nullifues PDP Primary

Justice John Olorunfemi of the Kogi State High in Lokoja on Thursday held that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has no candidate in the November 16 governorship election in the state.

Justice Olorunfemi declared that the primary conducted on 3rd September which produced Engr. Musa Wada as candidate of the main opposition party was fraught with irregularities.

Justice Olorunfemi averred that an hour long downpour and sporadic gunshots which led to delegate scampering for safety cannot be said to be fair enough to produce a candidate.

Alhaji Abubakar Idris, eldest son the former governor of the state, Ibrahim Idris had approached the court challenging the candidature of Wada as the flag bearer of PDP in the November 16 2019 governorship election.

However, ruling on the pre-election matter, Justice Olorunfemi averred that “neither the claimant, Alhaji Abubakar Idris nor the defendant , Engineer Musa Wada can lay claim to be the authentic flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party since the primary was inconclusive.”

The judge pointed out that the claimant who averred that he would have won the primary conducted by the 1st defendant if the missing votes which belonged to him were added to his votes, could not convince the court to deliver judgement in his favour.