The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that Ladi Adebutu remains its governorship candidate in the Ogun governorship election.
The
party asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to
declare Adebutu as its authentic candidate and delist Buruji Kashamu who
had been named as the candidate.
Adebutu and Kashamu had been at loggerheads over the governorship ticket of the PDP in the state.
INEC
recently recognised Kashamu’s camp to participate in the upcoming
elections, after an FCT high court had struck out a suit against his
candidature.
In a statement on Thursday, the PDP asked INEC to
recognise the court of appeal ruling which nullified the earlier
judgement that recognised Kashamu’s candidature.
“The PDP
cautions the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to insulate the commission from
unnecessary controversies by immediately obeying the judgment of the
Court of Appeal of December 18, 2018, and without further delay reflect
Hon. Ladi Adebutu’s name on the ballot, in the interest of a hitch free
and peaceful election in Ogun state,” the statement issued by Kola
Ologbondiyan read.
“The PDP states that Hon. Ladi Adebutu’s name
was duly and statutorily submitted to INEC after he won the governorship
primary conducted by the National Working Committee (NWC), the only
body empowered by law to conduct such primaries. The PDP has not
substituted his nomination with anybody and such is not in our
contemplation.
“The PDP charges the INEC Chairman to note that
since the ruling of the Court of Appeal validating Hon. Ladi Adebutu as
the PDP governorship candidate in Ogun state, no other court, not even
the Supreme Court has over turned that extant ruling.
“INEC is
therefore compelled to obey the law. It cannot choose for itself which
judgment to obey and cannot operate in waiting, anticipation or
contemplation of a non-existent consideration in the conduct of the Ogun
governorship election.”
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