BY: News Peddlers
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has sued the Peoples Democratic Party's presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar; Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal; and the PDP over the party's presidential primary, which was held in Abuja on May 28 and May 29, 2022.
Wike and a PDP chieftain, Newgent Ekamon, are named as plaintiffs in the FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022 suit. The PDP is listed as the first respondent in the originating summons, while the Independent National Electoral Commission is listed as the second respondent. Tambuwal and Atiku are the third and fourth respondents, respectively.
When aspirants were asked to address delegates during the PDP presidential primary, Tambuwal asked them to vote for him only to return moments later to ask them to vote for Atiku.
Atiku received 371 votes in the primary, while Wike and Bukola Saraki received 237 and 70 votes, respectively. Following the convention, PDP National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu referred to Tambuwal as the "hero of the convention."
Wike and his co-applicant asked the court to rule on eight issues, including whether the PDP's purported transfer of Tambuwal's votes to Atiku was illegal and void.
The plaintiffs asked the court to rule on whether Tambuwal lost his right to vote when he stepped down for Atiku.
He asked the court to rule on whether Tambuwal "ought to lose his votes because he stepped down during the primaries."