As the People Democratic Party, PDP, counts down to party’s governorship primary election, an Osun State High Court sitting in Ijebu-jesa has recognised 215 wards executive officers under former state chairman Olasoji Adagunodo Adagunodo, as the authentic delegate to participate in the primary scheduled to hold on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.
Justice A. Aderibigbe gave the order on Thursday, while ruling on an ex-parte application brought by 31 ward chairmen from 25 local government areas “elected at the 25 September, 2021 ward congress supervised by Hon. Olasoji Adagunodo.”
Defendants in the suit are the Peoples Democraic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The enrollment of order, obtained by the medium reads: “Upon hearing the motion exparte, an affidavit of Mr Adedokun Ademola, male, Nigerian, Christian, adult, Ward 1, Egbedore Local Government Area, Osun State, sworn and filed at High Court registry, IjebuJesa, Osun State, on the 3rd day of March 2022, and after hearing Mr Edmund Z. Biriomoni for the applicant who moved his application, the court then ordered as follows:
“An order of mandatory interim injunction of this court is granting, recognising the ward executive officers elected on the 25th of September, 2021 in the following wards listed as (a) – (y) on this application as the only authentic and/ or authorised elected ward executive officers permitted to vote delegates at the party’s governorship primary scheduled to take place on the 8th of March, 2022, the state congress, state assembly primary, National Assembly primary and presidential primary respectively in full compliance with the judgment of the court delivered on the 22nd of November, 2021 affirming all actions taken by Hon. Olasoji Adagunodo as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Osun State chapter which include the conduct of the ward executive congress on the 25th of September, 2021, pending the determination of the motion on notice.
“The plaintiffs/applicants are ordered to effect the service of the motion on notice for mandatory interlocutory injunction on the defendants/respondents before the return date. “The return date shall be Thursday, 10/03/2022.”
