Wike challenges outcome of PDP primaries in court

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has sued the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; the Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal; and the PDP over the conduct of the presidential primary of the party that was held was in Abuja on May 28 and May 29, 2022.

At the PDP presidential primary, when aspirants were asked to address delegates, Tambuwal had asked them to vote for him only to return moments  later to ask them to vote for Atiku.

 Subsequently, Atiku polled 371 votes while Wike and Bukola Saraki garnered 237 and 70 votes respectively.

In the originating summons, Wike and his co-applicant are asking the court to determine eight issues including whether the purported transfer of Tambuwal’s votes to Atiku by the PDP was illegal and void.

The plaintiffs asked the court to determine if Tambuwal lost his claim to votes the moment he stepped down for Atiku.

Despite Wike’s stance on the outcome of the primaries, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed claims that he has plans to dump the party