A Federal High court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has nullified all the primaries conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of next year’s election.
The primaries include governorship, Senate, House of Representatives and the House of Assembly.
The court, therefore, ordered conduct of fresh primaries for all the positions within 14 days.
The court also barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising Hon. Ladi Adebutu as the governorship candidate of the party in the state.
Justice O.O Oguntoyinbo gave the order on Tuesday while delivering a judgement in a suit filed by three members of the party, Taiwo Olabode Idris, Kehinde Akala and Alhaji Ayinde Monsuri.
They had dragged the party, Ladi Adebutu and INEC to court challenging the authenticity of the delegates’ lists used for the conduct of the primaries.
The party had on May 25 conducted the primary election which produced Adebutu as the governorship candidate of the party.
Reacting, counsel to the plaintiffs, Thaddeus Idenyi, said the court nullified the election “because it was conducted using a list of ad hoc delegates who were not elected.”
Contacted, the Spokesman of PDP, Akinloye Bankole, said the party would study the judgement before taking any action.
