Justice Aminu Bappa of the Federal High Court, Gusau, Zamfara State on Tuesday ruled that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will not have governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections.
The court ruled that the governorship primary which produced Dauda Lawal Dare as the party’s candidate was unconstitutional.
Justice Bappa ruled that the party would not field any governorship candidate for the 2023 governorship election on grounds that the emergence of Dauda Lawal Dare had irregularities.
Recall that the court had in September 2022 nullified the party’s governorship primary election that produced Dauda Lawal Dare for irregularities.
According to the court it nullified the election because women were not represented as delegates, which made the party to conduct fresh elections with women delegates.
Trouble started for the party when one of the aspirants, Shehu Bakaoye, rejected the governorship primary election and went to court.
Dauda Lawal Dare had won the primary elections with over 400 votes.