Ogun PDP Primaries: Don’t Accept Gov Daniel’s List —Court Orders
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Ogun State People’s Democratic Party, PDP, from using, accepting or acting on the list of candidates submitted by the Gbenga Daniel faction of the party in the state.
The Daniel and Jubril Martins Kuye factions had conducted parallel primaries in the state. Joju Fadairo is the chairman of the Gbenga Daniel faction of PDP in the state.
The court order was sequel to a motion on notice by Chief Adetunji Olurin and five other applicants against the INEC and Ogun State PDP.
In the motion on notice filed before the court on 14 January, 2010, the applicants, Olurin, Chief Babatunde Fadun, Hon. Dave Salako, Mr. Tunde Oladunjoye, Wale Solaja and Seun Adesanya prayed the court to restrain the respondents from accepting, compiling, announcing, using, validating or otherwise acting upon the results of the primaries and congresses conducted in Ogun State pending the hearing of the originating summons.
They also prayed that INEC and PDP be restrained from announcing or making any pronouncement validating the results of the primaries/congresses conducted in Ogun State pending the hearing of the originating summons.
The applicants also urged the court to direct both INEC and Ogun PDP to approve, accept, compile, announce and use as its responsibilities require, the results of the primaries/congresses of the 2nd respondent from which the applicants emerged as candidates for the general election and delegate to its National Convention/Presidential primaries, pending the hearing of the originating summons.
Justice Abdu Kafarati granted all the prayers of the applicants.
The motion on notice was supported by a 53-paragraph affidavit sworn to by Wale Solaja, from Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State and filed at the Federal high Court Registry, Abuja.
The applicants were represented by their counsel, Mr. O.O. Fakunle, SAN with Mr. C.I Ndukwe.
Justice Kafarati has adjourned the substantive case till 8 February, 2011 for the hearing of the originating summons.
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