Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike has filed a lawsuit against Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party over the outcome of the party’s primary.
Mr Wike filed the lawsuit before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. Michael Ekamon is a co-plaintiff in the suit while the PDP, Governor Aminu Tambuwal and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are the defendants in the matter.
People Gazette reports that the parties were served on July 1, and a PDP official responded to the originating summons on August 5 in Abuja.
Wike lost the primary to Atiku after Tambuwal unexpectedly stepped down in the middle of the race.
He scored 237 votes to trail Mr Abubakar, who polled 371 votes from the total 767 votes cast at the convention ground
All attempts by the party to end the feud between Wike and the Atiku have failed and will likely affect the chances of the party in the 2023 general election.
The governor had last week upon his return from Spain accused the former vice-president of telling lies about him.
