Former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Timi Alaibe, has sued the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the outcome of the Bayelsa State governorship primary.

The party had named Senator Douye Diri, who represents Bayelsa Central at the National Assembly, as its candidate for the November 16 governorship election at the primary held on September 3.

Unsatisfied with Diri’s emergence, Mr Alaibe on Friday approached the Federal High Court in Yenagoa with an application for cancellation of the result of the primary election based on cited procedural flaws.

The suit filed pursuant to Order 3(9) of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2019, seeks answers to questions bordering on non-adherence to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Electoral Act 2010, the Peoples Democratic Party Constitution and Election Guidelines, by the state chapter of the party in the conduct of the ward congresses, inclusion of local government council officials in the delegates list and the procedure for inclusion of three ad-hoc delegates.

Citing specific sections of relevant laws and guidelines, Alaibe is asking the court to examine the entire processes that resulted in the primaries and rule in his favour in the light of alleged violations committed.

Listed as defendants in the suit with reference number FHC/YNG/CS/99/2019 are the PDP, Diri, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Embeleakpo Alale for himself and representing the elected local government chairmen, vice-chairmen and councillors of the PDP allowed to be delegates in the primary election.

Also joined in the suit as defendant is Doubra Kumokou, for himself and on behalf of the three ad-hoc delegates allowed to be delegates at the elective State Congress.

Alaibe, a former special adviser to the president on Niger Delta affairs, wants the court to determine whether the pre-election actions and inactions of the defendants satisfied conditions specified in relevant sections of Nigeria’s Constitution, the Electoral Acts and certain sections of the PDP Constitution.

He is praying the court to declare the entire processes unconstitutional and the declaration of Senator Diri as the winner be declared invalid having failed to comply with relevant sections of the laws governing such processes.

Alaibe is also seeking an order setting aside the submission of Diri’s name to INEC by the PDP as its candidate in the governorship election coming up on November 16, 2019 in view of the several legal and procedural infractions cited.

He wants the court to order the conduct of fresh primary elections for the nomination and sponsorship of the candidate for the governorship election in Bayelsa State.

No date has yet been fixed for hearing in the case.

http://igberetvnews.com/988811/timi-alaibe-sues-pdp-others-over-bayelsa-governorship-primary/

Fight yourselves to death ...


All we Know here is David Lyon- The extra Ordinary Philanthropist....The Man That Will Rescue Bayelsa State From The Present Development Glut...

It is bayelsa's turn to get the zamfara and rivers States treatment.

Is it too early to say APC has won Bayelsa?

Na Pdp go cause their own defeats in the upcoming governorship elections if they can not put their house in order

party of thieves. confused people. ineffectual buffon still ineffectual even for him state. useless goodluck

Why is he trying to waste his money

Good. PDP party of confusion party of wailers

But I think they said it was the very best primaries ever conducted in Nigerian politics

Hmmm

Who doesn't want to control all the money owned by a state?

Ok

helinues:
Na Pdp go cause their own defeats in the upcoming governorship elections if they can not put their house in order

All Nigeria politicians are greedy idiots, once it does not go their way, u start seeing how stupid and self centered they are

Useless set of people

Timi is untimely...

Why is it that south east PDP states always fight themselves.
You will never see Igbos comment in a thread like this but if it's the other way round they will keep masturbating and licking there cum.

My hate for Igbos has no duplicate. Its genuine hate.

May Amadioha scatter the shameless Igbos pigs and idiots.

Nonsense

It is much expected.

Cherrybae:
Why is it that south east PDP states always fight themselves.
You will never see Igbos comment in a thread like this but if it's the other way round they will keep masturbating and licking there cum.

My hate for Igbos has no duplicate. Its genuine hate.

May Amadioha scatter the shameless Igbos pigs and idiots.

Nonsense

Haba, why the curse now?

Dudes cant even stomach themselves anymore. I dont know why APGA is reluctant to step up the plate as the main opposition party. In my opinion, they might do even better.

Implosion imminent. A house divide against itself shall not ....

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In the words of court of appeal president Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa "no matter how elections is conducted in Nigeria there's bound to be litigation '

At last Timi Alaibe has come out to show his true intention. He decamped to APC and not seeing any room there he pretended to go back a party that he abused and condemned. But still he had the intention in his mind to destroy PDP in Bayelsa and eventually go back to APC. PDP is too smart for that. If he is trying to do a Rivers and Zamfara in Bayelsa then he has failed woefully.

too ambitious

self destruction

Too over ambitious, our political parties needs to start strong ideologies, so that these greedy men won't be accomodated

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Cherrybae:
Why is it that south east PDP states always fight themselves.
You will never see Igbos comment in a thread like this but if it's the other way round they will keep masturbating and licking there cum.

My hate for Igbos has no duplicate. Its genuine hate.

May Amadioha scatter the shameless Igbos pigs and idiots.

Nonsense

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Cantonese:
At last Timi Alaibe has come out to show his true intention. He decamped to APC and not seeing any room there he pretended to go back a party that he abused and condemned. But still he had the intention in his mind to destroy PDP in Bayelsa and eventually go back to APC. PDP is too smart for that. If he is trying to do a Rivers and Zamfara in Bayelsa then he has failed woefully.

omenka:
Dudes cant even stomach themselves anymore. I dont know why APGA is reluctant to step up the plate as the main opposition party. In my opinion, they might do even better.

Because they sold themselves out as a satellite party. Every other party is in place to sell themselves to pdp or apc. Nothing more

Court again ! Why has our politicians refused to tow the line of brotherhood..