ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Supreme Court, on Friday, ended the leadership tussle in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State chapter.
This is as the court dismisses an appeal instituted at the Apex Court by Dan Orbhi-led faction.
Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim in his judgment held that the issue of leadership by political parties is an internal affair and as such, the courts have no jurisdiction.
In the appeal marked SC/CV/979/2022, filed by Hon Monday Iyere Osagie, the Supreme Court said that the appeal lacked merit because it is not justiciable.
Justice Agim, who delivered the unanimous judgment, also asked political parties to always adhere strictly to their guidelines, rules and regulations in order to promote genuine democracy.
Meanwhile, Governor Godwin Obaseki and a chieftain of PDP, Chief Dan Orbhi have been at loggerheads over who controls the party in the State.
Obaseki, who was formerly of the All Progressives Congress (APC), decamped to the PDP, contested the last governorship election on the party’s platform and won.