Ex-commissioner sues PDP, INEC over substitution
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come under a fresh legal challenge in Kwara ahead of the 2027 general election, as a former Commissioner for Works, Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu, approached the Federal High Court in Ilorin over the party’s substitution of his name as its Kwara North senatorial candidate. Iliasu, who claimed to have won […]
Former Kwara North senatorial candidate and ex-Commissioner for Works, Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu, is suing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a Federal High Court in Ilorin. Iliasu claims that the PDP substituted his name with that of Baba Kolo Jiyah, who was later published by INEC as the party's candidate for the 2027 general election.
Joined in the suit are INEC, the PDP, and Jiyah. Iliasu's legal team argues that he won the PDP primary on May 20 and that his name should have remained on the list of candidates. Instead, INEC published Jiyah's name on August 1, which, according to Iliasu, is unlawful under Section 31 of the Electoral Act. He seeks a declaration that the substitution is unlawful and that he is still the validly nominated PDP candidate.
Additionally, Iliasu is asking the court to restrain INEC and its officials from recognising Jiyah as the PDP candidate until the suit has been resolved.
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