Ousted National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has vowed to submit the name of Matthew Idurioyekemwen to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as the gubernatorial candidate of the party in Edo State.
Sheriff’s parallel congress produced Idurioyekemwen as the flag bearer of the party.
Idurioyekemwen had lost to Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu at the primaries conducted by the PDP National Caretaker Committee.
Speaking on Tuesday when he presented certificate of return to Iduoriyekwemwen in Abuja, Sheriff said he was backed by Justice Okon Abang of Federal High Court in Abuja, which ordered the electoral body to accept nomination for the September 10 election from his faction of the PDP.
His words: “It is clear from Abuja High Court that INEC is obliged to accept the candidate we are to present.
“You know ideally, most of our officials have travelled for Sallah. We need to do this because, the first working day, we are going to submit our candidate’s form to INEC.
“I have to stay behind to do some of the things so as to ensure that the forms are submitted after the Sallah break,” Sheriff stated.
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