The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja yesterday had reserved till Wednesday ruling on an application seeking to strike out or dismiss an appeal filed by Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu against the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, delivered on the 27th of September, 2022, which sacked him and ordered a fresh governorship primary election.
It would be recalled that some people filed a suit challenging the party’s primaries which birthed a judgement delivered by Justice O.O.Oguntoyinbo asking that the PDP to conduct a fresh primary within a stipulated period of 14 days. Another case was instituted by Hon. Segun Seriki against the Party claiming that he was denied participation in the primary elections.
The High Court sitting in Ogun State on 27th September, 2022, ordered that a fresh primary be conducted to cater for all interest groups in the party which led to a temporary stepped down of all the PDP Candidates in Ogun State by INEC ahead of 2023 elections.
The crisis rocking the PDP in Ogun State has been lingering for a long period of time and has caused several setback for the progress of the party.