ABUJA—THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has declined to disqualify the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Asue Ighodalo, from contesting the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.
It held that the suit, which was filed on March 6, was premature, stressing that the plaintiff failed to explore the internal dispute resolution mechanism of the party before instituting the action. He held that since it is mandatory for any aggrieved governorship aspirant to explore internal dispute mechanism resolution before approaching a court of law, the plaintiff was bound to comply with the rule like any other aspirant.
He was declared winner by the Chief Returning Officer of the Edo PDP Gubernatorial Primaries, Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State.