The Lagos State PDP has hailed the outcome of the House of Assembly Election Petition tribunal in Edo State, which declared a PDP candidate winner of the election.
The Panel had decided the case on the neglect of the APC to conduct its primary given the 21 days notice as prescribed in Section 85 of the electoral Act.
Commending the judgement, the party particularly noted that the verdict came because of the readiness and sincerity of the panelists to do justice according to the requirements of the law, no matter who it benefited.
The party said, “We welcome the Edo judgement because first, it has further strengthened our election jurisprudence that laws and guidelines meant for elections to guarantee fair play must be sacrosanct and observed, irrespective of the players. Secondly, it is exciting to us because the same contraption also occurred in lagos State and we expect that the panelists will also do justice and eschew any issue of technicality aimed at circumventing justice”.
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