Against Falsehood In The Public Space, Court Of Appeal Reaffirms Asue Ighodalo As Edo PDP Guber Candidate

<h4>Against Falsehood In The Public Space<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that against falsehood in the public space&comma; the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reaffirmed the nomination of Dr&period; Asue Ighodalo as Governorship Candidate of the People&&num;8217&semi;s Democratic Party&lpar;PDP&rpar; in Edo State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Musali JCA on Monday August 26&comma; 2024 in the suit marked CA&sol;ABJ&sol;CV&sol;764&sol;2024&comma; the Appeal court held that the Delegates who sought to nullify the PDP Primaries lack locus and therefore the trial court has no Jurisdiction to nullify the PDP primaries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Appellate court further stated that under s&period; 84 &lpar;14&rpar; of the Electoral Act&comma; it is only aspirants that can challenge a primary election&period; Ad hoc delegates are not aspirants and therefore do not have the locus to sue as the matter is an internal affairs of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Peoples Democractic Party<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;They are delegates and not aspirants&period; Delegates do not have any locus to challenge the process of the primary election&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em> the Court held<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Consequently&comma; the Appellant court upheld the February 22 primaries of the PDP in Edo State&comma; which produced Dr&period; Asue Ighodalo as Governorship Candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming September 21st Governorship Election in Edo State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;26490" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-26490" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-26490" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;Asue-300x167&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Against Falsehood In The Public Space&comma; Court Of Appeal Reaffirms Asue Ighodalo As Edo PDP Guber Candidate" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"167" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-26490" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Asue Ighodalo&comma; PDP candidate<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;