The immediate past ‎minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Friday dragged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before a Federal High court in Abuja over the controversial conduct of the Lagos State governorship primary which produced Mr. Jimi Agbaje as the winner.

Obanikoro disclosed that the move become imperative as the PDP failed to act on his petition in which he complained about the irregularity of the primary election.

‎The former minister said he could not understand how the number of accredited delegates (806) exceeded the number of votes casted (863).

Obanikoro disclosed that the 48 hours response time stipulated by the PDP Electoral Guideline to address the appeal had elapsed without a response from the party, hence the need to seek redress in the law court.

He said in the light of the development, only the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and a court could compel the party to conduct a fresh primary.

 “We must stand by the truth and the truth is that the election of Monday must be cancelled and repeated. We turned in our petition on Tuesday with the hope that by Thursday the party would reply according to its guidelines but they have not responded as we speak. When I noticed that they did not respond, we went to a Federal High court and sued the party.

I stand for a greater Lagos and anything that will derail that journey will be fought with every drop of our blood.”

The former minister accused Chief Bode George and Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, saying that they were instrumental in the manipulation to favour Jimi Agbaje.

 “Chief Olabode George thinks that he could just bark and people like us would sit down but I think by now, he would have got the message and we will stand shoulder to shoulder. This is not about age because if you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. We told him at the beginning that if he wants to be the unifier and the umpire, you have to be above board but him and Ogunlewe did not do that, they became the director general and deputy director general of Agbaje campaign organisation. Bode George turned his office in Lugard to Agbaje’s campaign secretariat.”