A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognizing or accepting ad-hoc delegates produced by Governor Godwin Obaseki’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Edo State. DAILY POST reports.

The court declared the Ad-hoc delegates produced by Dan Orbih’s faction of the party as authentic and must be recognized and accepted. Information Guide Nigeria

Delivering judgment in a suit instituted by 581 delegates elected on April 30th, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that PDP and other defendants in the suit are bound by Section 84 (5) of the Electoral Act 2022 as well as Section 15 of the PDP Constitution relating to delegates elections.

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The 581 delegates instituted the suit marked FHC/Abj/ CS/598/2022 through their five representatives, Monday Osagie, Reuben Ekhosuehi, Adeyanba Osaro, Magdalene Osawe, and Imariabe Oghogho. jamb results

Defendants in the suit are the PDP, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Umar Bature, and INEC as the 1st to 5th defendants, respectively.

The Plaintiffs in their suit, argued by Dr. John Musa, SAN had asked the court to determine whether the PDP, in view of Section 84 (5) of the Electoral Act 2022 and Section 15 of the PDP constitution, can jettison their election monitored by INEC for another one conducted in violation of the provisions of the relevant laws.

They also asked the court to determine whether the defendants can on their own, jettison the authentic delegates for others whose purported election is unknown to any law.

In his judgment, Justice Ekwo, after scrutinizing the documentary evidence, including the report of INEC on its monitoring of the April 30th delegates election, agreed with the plaintiffs that they were validly and legally elected as authentic Ad-hoc delegates for the Edo State chapter of the PDP.

The court held that the role of INEC in Primary election, Congress, and Convention monitoring are statutory and Constitutional and must therefore be strictly adhered to by all political parties.

The court said that going against the elections of the plaintiffs will amount to a brazen violation of laws that are not ambiguous, an action, which no court must allow to stand.

Justice Ekwo, therefore, issued an order of injunction against 1st to 4th defendants restraining them from tampering with the Plaintiffs list, having been duly elected in the Congress of the party held on April 30th.