 The Ocean State chapter of the People's Democratic Party, the PDP, has secured an expert injunction of five out of the six governorship aspirants recognized in the delegates elected under the leadership of the former state chairman of the party, Soji Adaguno-Do. By implications, those elected through ad hoc delegates, Congress of the party about two weeks ago, are not recognized. But a party through its council says nothing has changed, and the governorship primary election of the party will hold on Tuesday 8th of March. The ad hoc delegates' Congress of the People's Democratic Party in Ocean State was held more than a week ago. A few days after, five of the six governorship aspirants of the party approached the state high court, saying that they do not recognize the delegates that emerged from the Congress. They called granted their prayer. They are here celebrating the court injunction, recognizing the delegates elected during Soji Adaguno-Do's tenure. We had a court judgment on Thursday, and we had sub-city debt service, and the court has mandated that it's the 215 wards, the delegates from those wards, now the authentic and valid delegates for primary elections in Ocean State. The objective is to ensure PDP presents credible candidates during the July 16th governorship election. We don't want any, just any non-entity, let me put it that way. Just anybody who has no name, who has no pedigree to come ahead, the government of PDP in Ocean State. What is the sense in the party going through a process that is defective to produce a candidate that will be disqualified? Why? We want a party, we want our party to have a candidate that would stand the test of time, that would go out there, win the election, and sustain that victory. The aspirant's promise to support whoever emerges as the governorship candidate of the party. Whoever picked amongst the five of us, so we are good to go. Reacting to the court injunction, one of the PDP councils, Ashim Wahbyouye, said a state of execution had been filed. He said there is no going back on the primary election as planned. The two court orders that we are referring to, even though they have been appealed against, are not against the Congress. They are not saying that the Congress should not hold. So the order of the no court has stopped the Congress of our party that is holding until the… Abiyouye stressed that with the recently signed 2022 electoral act, no state high court has jurisdiction over intra and entire party matters. The ad hoc delegates' Congress of the People's Democratic Party in Ocean State was held more than a week ago. Don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.