Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun state said aspirants not satisfied with the conduct of the party’s primaries held across the state are free to approach the Court to seek legal redress.
The State Chairman, Mr Sikirulai Ogundele, stated this while addressing a news conference at the party secretariat in Abeokuta on Thursday.
Ogundele noted that it remained the fundamental right of every individual who had issues with the primary election process to seek redress, saying that the party would not stop them.
The chairman, represented by the party secretary, Mr Sunday Solarin, however, appealed to the members to take good cognizance of the interest of the party.
The Ogun PDP chairman explained that the party remained a united political family, adding that the party conducted all its primary elections in line with the directive of the National headquarters of the party.
“Aggrieved members are free to go to court, we also advise that while they are doing this, the interest of the party should be paramount, it is the fundamental right of every individual to seek redress if you have issues with the process.
“The democratic principle states that once you have any issue with the process, the only place you can go to is the court.
“We have set up an internal mechanism and we believe that not everybody will be satisfied with the outcome of the Internal mechanism we have set up.
“After the primaries, there were appeal committee that will look at each level of the primaries, the committee will attend to issues that may be of concern to all members of the party and they will write there report.
“Send it to the national headquarters before the National Working Committee will sit on the outcome of any of the primaries.
“They will await the recommendation of the appeal committee,” he said.
Ogundele appealed to the aggrieved members to work together with the winners in order to succeed during the general elections.