A Federal High Court in Abeokuta, on Wednesday laid to rest controversies around the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State.
The court maintained that the Senator representing Ogun East, Buruji Kashamu remains the candidate of the party.
A House of Representatives member in the state, Oladipupo Adebutu had challenged the nomination of Kashamu as the candidate of the party.
But in the ruling of the presiding judge, Justice Abubakar Shittu, the court held that the case was statute-barred, having been caught up with the fourth alteration.
The court held that the cause of action arose on the April 12, 2018, whereas the suit was filed in December 2018.
It further held that the plaintiffs (PDP and its officers) were stopped from re-litigating the issue of who has power to conduct primary elections of the PDP in the state and submit the list of candidates.
On the originating summons, the court held that the reliefs sought could not be granted because the national leadership of the PDP conducted its primaries in flagrant violation of the judgment of the court in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/636/2016.
It said the primaries were illegal.
Reacting to the judgment through Austin Oniyokor, his media aide, Kashamu said the party was ready to deliver the State.
He said, “There was no victor, no vanquished. We are all members of the same PDP family. We are better and stronger together in PDP.
“What is most important is that we are working together, holding reconciliation meetings and strategising together
“We are set to deliver the state to PDP on Saturday.
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