Former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Phillip Shaibu, on Thursday said the judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja on the governorship primary in Edo State has vindicated him.
Mr Shuaibu, declared the judgement as a triumph of the rule of law over impunity.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in his judgment, held that the PDP’s primary conducted on February 22 failed to comply with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022; the guidelines for the conduct of the poll and the party’s constitution.
Justice Ekwo, who said that the Exhibit 1 tendered by the party was bereft of evidence, held that the plaintiffs, through the exhibits tendered, were able to establish their case against the defendants.
The judge said that from the exhibit presented by the PDP, he found that the returning officers who prepared the result sheets only sat down in a place to manufacture the outcome of the poll.
He said the exclusion of the 381 delegates, including the plaintiffs, were against the provisions of the law.