The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted automatic delegates, insisting that it would go ahead with its primary election to get the party’s flag-bearer on Saturday for the Anambra state governorship election.
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, had on Thursday nullified the elections held by the party in the state on June 10 and 11 to elect a three-man ad-hoc ward delegate that would participate in the voting at the primary scheduled for June 26, 2021.
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, in the ruling, held that all activities engaged in by the party after the court’s June 9, 2021 judgement sacking the Anambra PDP’s Executive Council (exco), including the June 10 and 11 elections, were null and void because they were done in violation of the orders contained in the judgement.
The party’s national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement Friday said, “In view of the two judgements of the court served on our party, the National Working Committee (NWC), on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and pursuant to Section 29(2)(b) of the PDP Constitution (2017, as amended) hereby dissolves all the executives in our Anambra state chapter.
“However, our processes towards electing a candidate for the purpose of the November 6, 2021, Anambra governorship election subsist.”
The statement read further that, “Our processes continue as we adopt a lawful process of allowing our eligible automatic delegates to carry out the responsibilities of electing our candidate for the governorship election.
“All governorship aspirants on the platform of our party, leaders, critical stakeholders, teeming members and supporters of our party as well as the people of Anambra state are guided accordingly.”
