Bayelsa PDP Guber: Court Strikes Out Suit On Eligibility Of Dickson’s Delegates

By Asolo Eyedoude

Governor Serikae Dickson’s prospects of pushing through his choice as a successor were elevated on Tuesday just before the commencement of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP primaries when a Yenagoa High Court struck out a suit on the eligibility of recently elected council officials.

The suit was to determine whether the newly elected 105 Local Government Council chairmen, the deputy and councillors as ad-hoc delegates at Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary holding on Tuesday.

Justice Ebeyerin Umukoro, the presiding judge, while delivering his ruling said the case is a pre-primary matter involving a political party, the court has no jurisdiction to hear the matter.

“Someone can only claim to be an aspirant only if such person has taken part in a political party primary conducted by the party’s national leadership. And considering the case before me, the applicants and claimants are not aspirants yet, and therefore the court has no jurisdiction .

“It is not the business of the court to dabble into political or domestic issues. In the light of the foregoing, this court is not interested and hereby strike out the case because the matter is an internal party affair.

“And all parties in the suit should consult their party constitution and do what they think is right for them. It is ust struck out the suit seeking to authenticate the newly elected council chairmen and councillors as delegates during the primaries today.”

It could be recalled that the Chairman of Sagbama LGA, Embelakpo Alale, took the PDP to court, seeking that all the newly elected council chairmen, their deputies and councillors be declared as ad-hoc delegates for September 3 PDP primary.

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