The crisis rocking the Lagos chapter of Peoples Democratic
Party, (PDP) might take a long time to linger as Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, a contestant for the
PDP Lagos governorship ticket has explained the reason he took the party to
court.
Obanikoro, while addressing his supporters at his campaign
office in Ikeja, said he sued the party’s leadership to compel it to expedite
action on a petition he made.
Obanikoro had on Tuesday petitioned the party’s leadership
over the PDP governorship primary election in the state held on Monday.
Obanikoro had rejected the result of the election and called
for its cancellation, following a controversy over a difference in the number
of accredited voters and the number of votes cast.
The party declared Mr Jimi Agbaje the winner of the
election.
The contestant told his supporters that he filed the suit
before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
"Since I sent in my petition, I expected them (PDP
leaders) to respond but none came, and with INEC's guidelines, the time may
lapse.
"I have been receiving calls from some of our
chieftains appealing to me; I will not accept the pleas until the right thing
is done.
"The result of the primary cannot stand. Anyone who
chooses to change Lagos for the better must stand by the truth. The election
must be cancelled,’’ he said.
Obanikoro, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Ghana and a
former Minister of State for Defence, urged his supporters to remain steadfast.
He declined comments on whether he would leave the party if
the result would not be cancelled.
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