EBONYI EPIC BATTLE FOR PDP GUBERNATORIAL TICKET AND THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OF 14/9/2022 IN CHIEF CHUKWUMA ODII IFEANYI v. SENATOR JOSEPH OBINNA OGBA & 2 ORS.
EBONYI EPIC BATTLE FOR PDP GUBERNATORIAL TICKET AND THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OF 14/9/2022 IN CHIEF CHUKWUMA ODII IFEANYI v. SENATOR JOSEPH OBINNA OGBA & 2 ORS. INTRODUCTION In the build-up to the a Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled the Ebonyi National/State Assembly and Governorship primary elections for 28 and 29 May 2022 respectively. But these dates coincided with the date of the National Convention of the party to elect it's Presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections, and given that some of the National delegates who were to vote in the aforesaid Ebonyi State primaries were also part of the delegates that would vote in the National Convention; given the fact that the National electoral committee that would conduct the primary elections did not form a quorum, coupled with the fact of non-compliance with the party's electoral guidelines, the National Working Committee of the party was constrained to cancel the state primary elections scheduled for 28/29 Ma