A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria has granted an injunction restraining Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State from participating in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary slated for Thursday, June 25, 2020.
One of the party’s aspirants, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihiama had approached the court, asking on several grounds, for the Governor, who just joined the PDP from the All Progressives Congress (APC), to be stopped from participating in the primaries.
A major reason by Ogbeide-Ihama was that Obaseki recently joined the party and that only those who purchased the forms during the stipulated window before the waiver granted Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, who recently defected from the All Progressives Congress, should be allowed to partake in the primaries.
Ogbeide-Ihama also questioned the validity of Obaseki’s certificates.
As the primaries of the PDP were rescheduled for June 25, the Independent National Electoral Commission had fixed the governorship election for September 19, 2020.