A presidential aspirant of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Yakubu Mohammed Kingsley, has dragged the presidential candidate of the party, Donald Duke before a Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging his emergence.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1234/2026, was filed on June 10, 2026, with the PRP as the first defendant, Duke as the second, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the third.
The presiding Judge, Justice Mohammed Umar has fixed Monday, June 22, 2026, for the hearing.
The PRP conducted its presidential primary on May 25, 2026, declaring results the following day. Duke, a former governor of Cross River State between 1999 and 2007, scored 6,499 votes to win the polls.
Kingsley was declared first runner-up with 2,699 votes, while economist, Dr. Nnaoke Ufere got 784 votes to come third. The party had screened and cleared the three aspirants on May 23.
Duke’s emergence was hailed by PRP leaders, including National Chairman and prominent figure Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, as a strong choice representing a “major break between the past and the future.”
Kingsley, who previously ran under the African Action Congress (AAC) in 2023, alleged serious irregularities that undermined the process’s legitimacy.
Kingsley, through his counsel, D.A. Sulyman, is seeking several declaratory reliefs and orders, claiming Duke was not a registered member of the PRP as of May 4, 2026, when the party submitted its membership register to INEC which required at least 21 days before primaries under electoral guidelines.
He urged the court to compel INEC to produce the register for verification, stressing he physically attended the screening exercise at the PRP national secretariat in Abuja between May 15–19, 2026, and was cleared.
He alleged Duke did not participate physically, violating party guidelines just as he also raised the issue of over-voting in specific states such as Bouchi, Gombe and Kwara respectively.
Kingsley argued that excluding alleged inflated votes would position him as the winner with the highest lawful votes,
He seeks nullification of results in those states and a declaration of himself as the valid PRP candidate.
He also prayed the court to compel INEC not to recognize Duke and to list him instead as the party’s presidential candidate for 2027.
He claimed that pre-primary objections to Duke’s eligibility were raised but ignored.
