{"id":17355,"date":"2014-12-12T15:46:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T14:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/new\/?p=17355"},"modified":"2014-12-15T06:54:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T05:54:20","slug":"obanikoro-drags-pdp-agbaje-court-lagos-pdp-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/obanikoro-drags-pdp-agbaje-court-lagos-pdp-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Obanikoro drags PDP, Agbaje to court over Lagos PDP primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has taken his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to court to redress the anomaly that ensued during the Lagos state governorship primary that took place on 8 December.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that Jimi Agbaje was named the party\u2019s governorship candidate which Obanikoro described as \u2018sham\u2019 after the total number of votes cast, 863, was higher than the total number of accredited delegates, 806.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge all our teeming supporters to remain steadfast. We will pursue this to a logical conclusion and justice will be done!\u201d he wrote on his Twitter page today.<\/p>\n<p>He then stated that he has taken the matter to the proper authority. \u201cIn the light of this development, we have proceeded to the Federal High Court, Abuja to seek redress.<\/p>\n<p>Obanikoro explained that his decision to go to court follows the inaction by his party. \u201cThe 48 hours timeline stipulated by the PDP Electoral Guideline to address our appeal has elapsed without a response from the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Follow Us<\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_32x32_style addthis_default_style\"> <a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_follow\" addthis:userid=\"pages\/NewMailNG\/156576314503603\"><\/a> <a class=\"addthis_button_twitter_follow\" addthis:userid=\"NewMailNG\"><\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-5328a5e30a5c9646\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has taken his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to court to redress the anomaly that ensued during the Lagos state governorship primary that took place on 8 December. It would be recalled that Jimi Agbaje was named the party\u2019s governorship candidate which Obanikoro described as \u2018sham\u2019 after the total number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1369,16890,116,16954],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Obanikoro drags PDP, Agbaje to court over Lagos PDP primary | New Mail Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has taken his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to court to redress the anomaly that ensued during the Lagos state governorship primary that took place on 8 December.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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