The Supreme Court has nullified the primary election that produced the senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo West Senatorial District, Imo State.
Delivery judgement this morning, Justice Emmanuel Agim, in a judgment on the appeal filed by Hon Nnamdi Ezeani, said that PDP grossly violated Section 87 (9) of the Electoral Act by conducting the primary election outside the venue stipulated by law.
The Supreme Court held that by the judgment, PDP would not participate in the next month’s senatorial election, having failed to produce its candidate within the time allowed by law.
The apex court nullified the primary election on the grounds that PDP conducted her primary election in Owerri outside the senatorial zone which is against the electoral act 2022.
In another development, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) will not have a candidate in Anambra South Senatorial Zone.
APGA will not also have a candidate in Idemili North and South Federal Constituency as the two references have cases pending at the Appeal Court.
In Anambra South, APGA held her primary election in Awka, the same as in Idemili North and South. Read more.
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