Following the Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had no candidate in the November 16, 2019 governorship election. The Peoples Democratic Party PDP candidate Engr Musa Wada has instructed his lawyer to file the appeal immediately, Wada who described the judgement as outrageous and funny vowed to claim his mandate at court of appeal in short time.
Appealing to his teaming supporters not to give up on the struggle believe that judiciary still remain the hope of common manner sees the lokoja court ruling as a mere temporary set back, the INEC report and police report submitted to the court shows that the was a primary election and that a winner emerged and the peoples Democratic Party also admitted to the fact that Engr MUSA Wada remains the party candidate that it sponsored in the last election.
Engr Musa Wada is currently in court Tribunal challenging the declaration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as the winner of Kogi November 16th controversial election.
OBSERVERS TIMES earlier report that Justice John Olorunfemi of the High Court 4 said the party’s primary, conducted on September 3, 2019, and won by Musa Wada, was fraught with irregularities.
The ruling was in a pre-election matter filed by Abubakar Idris, son of former Governor Ibrahim Idris, which challenged Wada’s candidature. Wada is younger brother of former Governor Idris Wada.
Justice Olorunfemi said: “Neither the claimant, Abubakar Idris, nor the defendant, Musa Wada, can lay claim to be the authentic candidate of the PDP since the primary was inconclusive.”
The judge noted that Idris, who averred that he would have won the primary if the missing votes which belonged to him were added to his votes, could not convince the court to deliver judgment in his favour.
He added that the Wada could also not convince the court that he won the primary which was marred with rancour and acrimony, arising from pandemonium, due to sporadic gunshots which compelled the participants to scamper for safety.