A suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking disqualification of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, has been trashed by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit on Friday on the ground that the PDP lacked locus standi to institute the suit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Ekwo held that the suit as an abuse of court process.
2023 Elections: Court Sets Aside PDP’s Suit Seeking Disqualification Of APC Presidential Flag Bearers, Tinubu, ShettimaA suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party seeking disqualification of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress , Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, has been trashed by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
The PDP in its originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1734/2022, had filed a suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission , the APC, Tinubu and Shettima as 1st to 4th defendants. The party sought an order disqualifying the APC, Tinubu and Shettima from contesting the presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25, also sought an order nullifying their candidacy.
They defendants further argued that PDP lacked the locus standi to file the case, which invariably was challenging the political party’s decision and its nomination of candidates for the polls.
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