A day after President Goodluck Jonathan declared his intention to present himself as a candidate in the 2015 presidential election, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been asked to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting any candidate fielded by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the election. One of the widows of the late Chief MKO Abiola, Professor Akasoba Duke-Abiola, a PDP member, who filed the suit, Wednesday, through her lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, alleged that the party was trying to field President Jonathan in violation of the party’s constitution. Citing the provisions of Article 3(1) (a) of the Electoral Guidelines for Primary Elections 2014 of the PDP, Duke-Abiola said all aspirants for the office of President were entitled to Expression of Interest Form Code PD 002/P upon payment of prescribed non-refundable fee of N2million only. Maintaining that she paid the N2million fee for the Expression of Interest Form on the October 27, she said she was the first person to pay for the form and copy of the payment slip was submitted to the party’s secretariat same day. - See more at: abujavoice/2015-abiolas-wife-sues-pdp-over-alleged-party-intention-to-field-jonathan/#sthash.nTcK9Rti.dpuf
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 21:54:25 +0000
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