Bayelsa Guber Poll: Court Declines Jurisdiction To Stop Dickson’s Delegates

The Bayelsa High Court sitting in Yenagoa, yesterday declined jurisdiction in a suit filed to by some delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state seeking an order to authenticate their participation in the governorship primaries.
The court also struck out a suit seeking to declare the newly elected 105 Local Government Council chairmen, the deputy and councillors as ad hoc delegates of the party.
Delivering his ruling, Justice E.G Umukoro, said: “Because the case is a pre-primary matter involving a political party, the court has no jurisdiction to hear the matter.
“Someone can only claim to be an aspirant only if such person has taken part in a political party, primary conducted by the party’s national leadership.
“And considering the case before me, the applicants and claimants are not aspirants yet, and therefore, the court has no jurisdiction. “It is not the business of the court to dabble into political or domestic issues.”