Edo: Ighodalo Remains Our Candidate, Edo PDP Says Order Didn’t Invalidate His Candidacy

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) campaign organisation in Edo state says the judgment of the federal high court in Abuja nullifying the outcome of the party’s governorship primary is a “strange development”.

The judgment was voided on grounds that the 378 delegates who were supposed to vote at the primaries were unlawfully excluded by the  PDP.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo says the Federal High Court’s judgment on its primaries does not affect its governorship candidature in the coming governorship election in the state.

The party stated in Benin on Thursday that Dr Asue Ighodalo remained the PDP governorship candidate in Edo.

Dr Tony Aziegbemi, the state PDP chairman, said that Ighodalo’s candidature for the 2024 election remained intact.

“The PDP is aware that certain elements who are scared of the soaring popularity of our candidate are going about peddling rumours that Ighodalo candidature has been nullified.

“Let it be on record that Ighodalo is the PDP flagbearer for the 2024 governorship election in Edo,” he said.

It would be recalled that the Federal High court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, voided the PDP primary election conducted on Feb. 22.

The judgment was voided on grounds that the 378 delegates who were supposed to vote at the primaries were unlawfully excluded by the  PDP.

(NAN)