The court struck out the case brought by Binani after upholding the preliminary objection canvassed by INEC.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday struck out the suit filed by Aishatu Dahiru , the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the last election in Adamawa, against the
NAN recalls that after Mr Yunusa-Ari declared Binani as winner of the poll before the conclusion of the process in Aprill, INEC Headquarter barred him from the state’s office. Binani’s counsel, Michael Aondoaka , in the ex-parte motion earlier filed and granted by the court on July 10, drew the attention of the judge to the fact that a petition was before an Adamawa Election Petition Tribunal and would be dispensed with within 180 days in accordance with the law.
Mr Adeniyi argued that the charge being preferred against the suspended REC was a bailable one that would allowed him to give his testimony before the tribunal. According to him, there is no way the prosecution of the suspended REC will affect the plaintiff’s petition.
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