Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) factional governorship candidate in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, has given his reactions to the Abeokuta Federal High Court judgment nullifying all the primaries conducted by the party in the state.
According to a statement made available to pressmen in Abeokuta, Showunmi appealed to his supporters not to worry about the judgment of the Federal High Court.
The statement reads in part “the judgment has nothing to do with the lawsuit I instituted against the party in the state seeking the dissolution of the leadership of the party, while also asking the court to bar them from conducting the 2023 primaries over allegation of bias.”
Showunmi described the judgment as another bold move to strengthen democratic ideals, saying that it would ensure that the choice of the party’s candidates was not handpicked by just a few but by larger party members eligible to do that under the electoral act.
He noted that the case he filed at an Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta against the Sikirulahi Ogundele party executive was dismissed for lacking in jurisdiction; stating, however, that an Abuja Appeal Court had ordered that the case be heard on merit.
Showunmi enjoined his followers to keep hope alive and never stop mobilizing support for the victory of PDP both at the state and national levels.
He expressed confidence that the court will soon serve the much awaited justice concerning the matter
“The court will soon serve the much awaited justice as I remain sincerely set to redefine governance in the state.”
Recall that some members of the PDP in Ogun had gone to court to challenge the delegate lists used during the PDP primaries that produced Oladipupo Adebutu as the party’s governorship candidate and others.
In his judgment, Justice O. O. Oguntoyinbo annulled all the PDP primary elections and ordered that fresh ones be conducted within the next 14 days.
Although, Showunmi declared that the primary election that he emerged from is genuine and cannot be tampered with.