Kwara PDP faction fails to stop LG poll
Aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Kwara State yesterday failed to stop the local government election coming up on Saturday as the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin adjourned hearing on the case till Monday next week.
The PDP members loyal to Bamanga Tukur had approached the court to stop the LG election scheduled for Saturday October, 26 claiming the selection of candidates was in gross violation of the PDP constitution as no primaries were held.
The plaintiffs are Alhaji Ademola Yusuf, Alhaji Adebayo Jimoh and Prince Haliru Dantosho Mahmud, while the defendants are the state PDP, Senator Bukola Saraki and chairman of the state PDP, Alhaji Ishola Balogun-Fulani.
Also joined in the suit are all the chairmanship candidates of the councils, Kwara state Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC), Inspector-General of Police and Director-General, Department of State Security Service (DSS).
When the matter came up for hearing yesterday, it could not continue because the court bailiff could not serve the court summons on the PDP.
Plaintiffs' counsel, O.J Adeseko had complained to the court that the state PDP was trying to evade service of summons, arguing that the court bailiff was at the PDP state secretariat severally last week to serve the court summons to no avail.
He however pleaded that the hearing of the interlocutory injunction slated for the day should continue.
But the presiding judge, Justice Olayinka Faaj said the inability of the bailiff to serve the summons in a day was not a sufficient ground to continue the case.
He therefore adjourned the case to October 28 in which the state PDP would have been sufficiently served.
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