A High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital has struck out a suit seeking to declare the newly elected local government council chairmen, their deputies and councilors as ad-hoc delegates at Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary.
The presiding judge, Justice E. G Umukoro, while delivering his ruling said: “Because the case is a pre-primary matter involving a political party, the court has no jurisdiction to hear the matter.
“Someone can only claim to be an aspirant only if such person has taken part in a political party primary conducted by the party’s national leadership. And considering the case before me, the applicants and claimants are not aspirants yet, and therefore the court has no jurisdiction.
“It is not the business of the court to dabble into political or domestic issues. In the light of the foregoing, this court is not interested and hereby strikes out the case because the matter is an internal party affair.
“And all parties in the suit should consult their party constitution and do what they think is right for them. It is ust struck out the suit seeking to authenticate the newly elected council chairmen and councillors as delegates during the primaries today.”
The Chairman of Sagbama LGA, Embelakpo Alale, took the PDP to court, seeking that all the newly elected council chairmen, their deputies and councilors be declared as ad-hoc delegates for September 3 PDP primary.