A Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Tuesday, ordered the Peoples Democratic Party to conduct a fresh governorship primary poll to elect its candidate.

The judge, Justice Babs Kuewumi, gave the order after he nullified the PDP primaries, which was held on November 8, where Wole Oluyede emerged the party’s candidate.

An aspirant in the primaries, Funso Ayeni, dissatisfied with the outcome of the polls, had approached the court seeking, among others, cancellation of the exercise, citing failure to meet the party’s guidelines and constitution.

Ayeni had, through his counsel, Kola Kolade SAN, approached the court in a suit marked FHC/AD/CS/29/2025, saying that “the party (PDP) failed to present the original and authentic list of statutory and ad hoc delegates used for the exercise”.

The plaintiff argued that the absence of the original delegates’ list constituted a fundamental breach of the PDP guidelines and the Electoral Act, thereby rendering the primary election invalid.