Political Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak said PDP did not flout any court order by conducting the governorship election primary in Bayelsa State last Saturday.

Gulak who spoke at a news conference on Monday in Abuja said that the purported court order did not stop the primary as there was no ex-parte order saying PDP should not hold the primary.

“The court said PDP must be put on notice and properly heard before such order is given and gave the return date to be the 22nd of November.

“The court did not give them the ex-parte order they sought. The court said `put PDP on notice so that we can come and hear you’, but the court did not stop primaries.

“The issue here is there was no ex-parte order, but that the parties must come back to court to be heard on why the order should not be given. So PDP did not flout any order.’’

Gulak explained that President Jonathan’s absence at the primary was because of his decision not to be seen as interfering in the exercise, stressing that the president’s engagement on state matters overshadowed his involvement in party primary.

The presidential adviser added; “four of them were disqualified and the president had no hand in their disqualification and he vowed and kept to his promise to allow the party organs to do their duty without any interference.’’ He however, stressed that the primary was free and fair and that the PDP would forward to INEC any candidate it felt would win the election. (NAN)