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Atiku, Wike teams storm court over legality of PDP presidential primary

As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continues to be in disarray, the legal flares over the legitimacy of the primary election that produced Atiku Abubakar will start on September 14, 2022, at the Federal High Court in Abuja between the camps of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the presidential candidate.Information Guide Nigeria

In the lawsuit, Chief Michael Newgent Ekamon, a party chieftain, asks the court to declare Wike the PDP’s legitimate candidate for president and declare Atiku’s victory to be null and void.

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Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) have been assembled by Governor Wike, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. Ayo Kamaldeen Ajibade, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), will be in charge of Atiku’s legal team.

According to a hearing notification seen by journalists, Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed has set a specific hearing date for the case.

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the governor of Sokoto State, the PDP, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, are among the other parties named as respondents in the lawsuit with the file number FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022.

The PDP has been in turmoil for months as a faction loyal to Governor Nyesom Wike has called for Mr. Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s national chairman, to be replaced by someone from the south of Nigeria. That group considers it to be one method of resolving the imbalance in the party’s leadership.

Ayu has passed the reins to Umar Iliya Damagun, the party’s Deputy Chairman (North), notwithstanding the outstanding conflicts inside the organization.

The Chairman will be abroad till the end of the month, according to Simon Imobo-Tswam, Ayu’s Special Adviser on Media and Communications, who made the announcement on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.JAMB Result

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