ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has sued the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, the party and the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal.
This is following the party’s presidential primary election held on 29 May, 2022, which had Atiku poll 371 votes as winner, while Wike and Bukola Saraki garnered 237 and 70 votes, respectively.
During the primary election held in Abuja, Governor Tambuwal, while addressing delegates, asked them to vote for him but later declared that he stepped down for the former Vice President, Atiku.
Since the conclusion of the PDP’s primary election, Wike and his loyalists have been in a face-off with Atiku’s camp.
Following the prolonged crisis rocking the party, Wike and a PDP chieftain, Newgent Ekamon have now dragged Atiku, Tambuwal and the PDP to court in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022.
In the originating summons, the PDP is listed as the first respondent, while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is the 2nd respondent. Tambuwal and Atiku are listed as the 3rd and 4th respondents, respectively.
Among other issues listed, Wike and Ekamon asked the court to order the INEC to reject or remove Atiku from “its list of candidates in the 2023 presidential election.”