PDP aspirant sues Shelle over denial of mandate

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Chief Tunji Shelle, PDP Chairman, Lagos State: sued for imposing candidate

Akin Kuponiyi

Chief Tunji Shelle, PDP Chairman, Lagos State: sued for imposing candidate

An aspirant to the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abdulkabir Lawal, has dragged the party’s chairman in Lagos state, Capt. Olatunji Shelle, before a Federal high court in Lagos southwest Nigeria for allegedly transferring his mandate to one Adebola Gbabijo.

Lawal accused Shelle of giving the party’s mandate to Gbabijo who polled 28 votes in the PDP primary where he claimed to have been declared winner with 29 votes.

The applicant, in a suit filed before the court is seeking a declaration that he …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper