The judge ruled that the PDP's suit accusing the Kwara State governor of certificate forgery was an abuse of court process.
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a certificate forgery case filed by the Peoples Democratic Party against Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, Kwara State governor.“Once a court is satisfied with the proceedings before it that they amount to abuse of process, the court has the right, in fact, duty to invoke its coercive powers to punish the party which is in abuse of its process.”
In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2022, the PDP had prayed that the governor and the APC be disqualified from the 2023 governorship election over the allegation of presenting a forged West African Examination Council certificate to secure the nomination. In his judgement, Mr Ekwo upheld the preliminary objection to the suit filed on the governor’s behalf by his lawyer, Lateef Fagbemi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria .
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