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Taraba Gov’ship: 2 PDP Aspirants Seek To Join Suit Challenging Agbu’s Candidacy

 


Two aspirants have sought to join the suit challenging the nomination of Col Dantala Kefas Agbu (Rtd) as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Taraba State.

Professor Joseph Albasu and Dr Hilkiah Bubajoda Mafindi filed the applications as interested parties in the suit at a Federal High Court, Jalingo, the state capital, through their counsel, Dr Reuben Atabo (SAN).
 
The suit, brought by Professor Jerome Nyameh, is challenging Agbu’s election over the violation of Part VII, Article 1 of the Electoral Guidelines for the Primary Elections of PDP, 2022, having failed to resign as the state party chairman.


Nyameh submitted that the primary was held on May 25, which was only six days after Agbu resigned, and many days after the screening of aspirants on April 28, when he was still the state party chairman.

Nyameh further submitted that Agbu only resigned via a letter dated May 17, 2022, which was received at the national headquarters on May 19.


Agbu polled 443 votes to come first, while Albasu and Nyameh got 31 and 24 votes respectively during the primary.


In his application for the joinder, Albasu contends that having emerged second, he ought to be declared winner of the primary after Agbu’s nomination is nullified.
The case has been fixed for August 25 and 26, 2022.


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