Edo 2020: Court Restrains PDP From Excluding Obaseki, Others From Primary

'Dotun Akintomide
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By Kolawole Ojebisi

A High Court of Justice in the Ekpoma judicial division on Tuesday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from excluding Governor Godwin Obaseki and the other cleared aspirants from participating in the Edo State governorship primary.Edo State governorship primary

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The court ordered that the PDP and the electoral umpire should not exempt any of the aspirants who have been cleared by the party from participating in the gubernatorial primary slated for the 25th June 2020.

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With this decision, Governor Godwin Obaseki has been given the statutory right to participate in the gubernatorial primary.

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