Rivers PDP again drags INEC to Court to disqualify APC Assembly Candidates

*Defendant petitions presiding Judge

Daniel Efe/Port Harcourt.

Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP, in Rivers State has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to Court seeking the disqualification of all National and State Assembly Candidates of the All Progressives Congress APC.

PDP  is alleging that APC did not comply with the new Electoral Act of 2022 during the conduct of it’s primaries that threw up the Candidates.

The case which is before Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam of Federal High Court took a twist as one of the APC Candidates and a Lawyer, Ezekiel-Amadi Ezemonye, appearing for himself as the 12 defendant and the APC Candidate for Ikwerre-Emohua Federal Constituency, announced that he had filed  a petition to the Federal High Court Administrative Judge against the presiding Judge, Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam.

Ezekiel expressed fear of not getting justice from the Judge on the suit filed by the PDP against all the National and State Assembly Candidates of the APC in Rivers State for what he alleges as Judge’s antecedents.

The PDP wants the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to disqualify all the APC National Assembly Candidates for alleged non-compliance to 2022 Electoral Act.

The PDP also alleged that the APC did not allow INEC to monitor its party primaries as required by the Electoral Act.

After listening to Counsels of PDP, and INEC asking for extension of time to respond to the processes adjourned the case to August 29, 2022 for the resolution on the petition.

Our Correspondent also reports the PDP had also dragged INEC to Court, also seeking the disqualification of the Governorship candidate of Accord Party, Dumo Lulu Briggs, before the same Judge, Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam on a similar allegation of the non-compliance to the Electoral Act.