In a unanimous judgment, a three-member panel of the Appellate Court held that only an aspirant who was seeking to run for political office has the right to challenge his exclusion at the Federal High Court, and not delegates seeking to elect the candidate of the party.
The panel said as the aggrieved party delegates are not governorship aspirants, their grouse can only be resolved internally by the party. It added that a Federal High Court judge, Inyang Ekwo, therefore, acted outside jurisdiction when he declared on July 4 that the PDP primary election held on February 22 in Edo State was invalid.
