A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has granted the request by Muhammad Gambo, the second runner-up in the Kogi State congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held on August 31, 2024, to be joined in the suit.
The court has equally accepted a notice of appeal filed by Gambo in the suit challenging the chairmanship position of the Kogi PDP.
In its sitting on Monday, Justice Yahaya Adamu of High Court 5 granted the suit for joinder and the notice of appeal by Gambo.
The Guardian reports that the court, delivering in the suit brought before it in Suit HC/Okp/8/2024 between John Ojodale vs PDP and 1 other, ordered a fresh election within 45 days to fill the vacant seat of the Kogi State PDP Chairman, pointing out that Enemona Anyebe was not qualified to contest the election.
The court ordered, in the contempt suit, the arrest of Enemona Anyebe for contempt and for parading himself as Kogi PDP Chairman.
Justice Adamu, in his ruling of February 18, 2025, said Anyebe was not a contestant in that election, having been barred from contesting and consequently ordered his arrest for contempt.
In a swift reaction, Gambo, who finished as the second runner-up and was dissatisfied with the declaration for a fresh election, sought to be joined in the suit. He argued that since it was established that, as of August 31, Anyebe was not a contestant in the election, he ought to have been declared the winner.
He further added that in the contempt suit, there was no prayer for a fresh election as declared.
His request, therefore, to be joined and his motion on notice of appeal were consequently granted.