ABUJA – Ahead of the Ondo State governorship election, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has validated the governorship primary of the Action Alliance (AA), which produced Akinuli Omolere as it’s candidate for the November 16, Ondo governorship election.
This followed the dismissal of a suit by a fraction of AA led by Adekunle Rufai-Omoaje, challenging the primary election that produced Omolere as candidate of the party in the forthcoming gubernatorial election.
Delivering judgement on the matter, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, dismissed the suit filed by Omoaje.
The court held that Omoaje lacked the legal right to challenge the outcome of the governorship primary having admitted that he organised a parallel one on April 27, the same date as the Udeze-led leadership of the party, which the court deemed as the valid primary.
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The judge therefore urged the Omoaje faction of the party to stop forum shopping for judgments and go register with another political party instead.
The court warned Omoaje to stop deceiving the public as issue of who remains the authentic National Chairman of Action Alliance (AA) has been settled by the Appeal Court.
Recall that the authentic governorship primary of AA was conducted under the leadership of Barrister Kenneth Udeze.
But Omoaje, who was sacked by the Court of Appeal is challenging the conduct of the primary for the election.
