Court affirms Ladipo Johnson as NDC senatorial candidate for Lagos Central

The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has affirmed Ladipo Johnson as the senatorial candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, for Lagos Central.
In a judgment on Friday by Justice D. E. Osiagor, the court dismissed the suit filed by Babasola Sebanjo challenging the outcome of the party’s primary election that produced Johnson as candidate.
The court held that the suit failed for want of jurisdiction and completely lacked merit, thereby validating the transparency and integrity of the internal democratic processes of the NDC.
Justice Osiagor said that the issue of nomination of candidates for election is an internal affairs of political parties.
The judge held th...