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    Appeal Court restores Donald Duke as SDP candidate

    Chronicle EditorBy Chronicle EditorJanuary 24, 2019No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Appeal Court has reinstated Donald Duke has SDP presidential candidate
    Appeal Court has reinstated Donald Duke has SDP presidential candidate
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    Appeal Court has reinstated Donald Duke has SDP presidential candidate
    Appeal Court has reinstated Donald Duke has SDP presidential candidate

    The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday declared former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke, as the authentic presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

    The three-man panel, led by Justice Abdul Aboki, in a unanimous decision set aside the December 14, 2018 judgment of an FCT High Court which had declared Jerry Gana the candidate of the party.

    NAN reports that the youth wing of the party had given a 24-hour ultimatum to the party to send the name of Gana, to INEC as its presidential candidate.

    On 14 December, a FCT High Court in Maitama declared, a former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, the winner of the presidential primary election of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) conducted on October 6.

    The party had declared Duke the winner of the election and its flag bearer for the 2019 general elections.

    The party said that Duke polled 812 votes while Gana had 611.

    However, Gana went to court seeking that it would declare him the winner in line with the zoning and rotation formula of the party’s constitution.

    In his judgement, Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf held that the regulations contained in the party’s constitution were  binding on every member and must be obeyed.

    He held that the zoning and rotation formula as contained in the party’s constitution stipulated that both the chairman of the party and the flag bearer should not come from the same zone.

    “In this instance, the party’s Chairman, Chief Olu Falae, is from the South and Duke is from the South too; the law is clear; there is nothing to write in-between.

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    “The law has crystallised that political parties should abide by the regulations which they have made by themselves.

    “The claimant laid sufficient evidence to have the judgment in his favour; it is a clear violation of the party’s constitution; the court cannot wave right over illegality,” he held.

    The judge, therefore, declared Gana the winner of SDP presidential primary election conducted on October 6.

    He also declared Duke’s 812 votes null and void, and ordered SDP to forward Gana’s name to INEC as the party’s flag bearer for the 2019 presidential election.

    In addition, he ordered that Duke should stop parading himself as the party’s flag bearer for the elections.

    Gana had joined SDP, its national chairman, Chief Olu Falae; national secretary, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam; chairman, SDP presidential screening panel/ deputy national chairman, South, Prof. Tunde Adeniran; Duke and INEC as defendants in the suit.

    Gana sought a declaration that Duke was not eligible to stand as a candidate in the party’s presidential primaries held on October 6, in Abuja.

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