PDP Drags INEC To Court, Seeks Nullification Of APC Primaries In Rivers

• The past few days have seen the Rivers PDP appear before judges at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt to seek the nullification of some primaries conducted by other political parties

• The PDP is arguing that the primaries, which produced three Senatorial and 13 House of Representatives Candidates be nullified on the grounds that the exercise was in violation of the electoral act

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission before a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, seeking the delisting of legislative candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the state for the 2023 general elections.

The case before Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam is filed on the basis that the primaries that produced the Senatorial and House of Representatives Candidates of the APC were done in violation of the provision of the Electoral Act (amended).

The past few days have seen the Rivers PDP appear before judges at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt to seek the nullification of some primaries conducted by other political parties.

At this Federal High Court-4,  lawyers and litigants are preparing for legal arguments on whether or not the National Assembly Primaries conducted by the APC in the State be nullified.

The PDP is arguing that the primaries, which produced three Senatorial and 13 House of Representatives Candidates be nullified on the grounds that the exercise was in violation of the electoral act.

“These candidates did not emerge from valid primaries and congresses. INEC did not monitor the purported primaries and congresses that they held.  Therefore, they are not valid or eligible candidates,” the PDP lawyer said.

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At the commencement of proceedings, the PDP lawyer begged for more time to respond to some processes, which the Presiding Judge, Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam granted after an agreement by other parties involved.

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