The plaintiff also sought an order directing the electoral umpire to recognise him as the PRP's presidential candidate.

In the affidavit in support of the suit deposed to by Kingsley himself, the aggrieved aspirant said he is a registered member of the PRP with membership card number 2A8D8B20B2.

The plaintiff, who described himself as a politician, said he is from Auchi III Ward, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, but is presently in Abuja, FCT.

He averred that Duke was not a duly registered member of the PRP as at May 4, when the party's membership register was submitted to INEC.

He said he validly purchased the party's Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and paid a total sum of N20 million to the party.

He stated that he duly completed all nomination requirements and was endorsed by the requisite number of registered members as required by the party's guidelines.

He said he was duly screened and cleared by the party to contest the presidential primary election conducted on May 25.

According to him, "to my utmost surprise, the name of the 2nd defendant (Duke) appeared as an aspirant, despite the fact that he did not physically participate in the screening exercise together with other aspirants at the National Secretariat of the 1st defendant."

Kingsley also challenged the electoral umpire to produce the membership register submitted on May 4, alleging that several objections and complaints were raised by party members concerning Duke's eligibility.

He further alleged that the presidential primary election was characterised by widespread irregularities and manipulation.

According to him, in several states, the votes returned exceeded the total number of eligible registered members contained in the party register.

The aggrieved aspirant attached the result sheet of the presidential primary poll to support his allegation of overvoting.