A federal capital territory (FCT)
high court has declared Jerry Gana, a former minister of information, as the
winner of presidential primary poll of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The election held on October 6.
The party had said Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River state, won
Gana by polling 812 to 611 votes.
But the former minister
challenged the result and asked the court to declare him winner of the poll in
line with the party’s zoning formula.
Gana sought a perpetual
injunction restraining Duke from parading himself as the SDP presidential
candidate for the elections, among other reliefs.
At the court on Friday, Hussein
Baba-Yusuf, the judge handling the matter, said the regulations contained in
the party’s constitution were binding on every member and must be obeyed.
Baba-Yusuf said Gana presented
enough evidence to have judgement in his favour.
“In this instance, the party’s
Chairman, Chief Olu Falae, is from the South and Duke is from the South too;
the law is clear; there is nothing to write in-between ” the judge ruled.
“The law has crystallised that
political parties should abide by the regulations which they have made by
themselves.
“The claimant laid sufficient
evidence to have the judgment in his favour; it is a clear violation of the
party’s constitution; the court cannot wave right over illegality.”
Thereafter, the judge declared
Gana the winner of SDP presidential primary election and ordered Duke to stop
parading himself as the party’s flagbearer.
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