The Supreme Court sitting on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by the Dan Orbih's faction of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The Supreme Court sitting on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by the Dan Orbih faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State.
The five-member panel of the court held that the appeal filed by Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama was incompetent being based on issues that did not emanate from the judgment of the appellate court.They claimed that the judgment erred in law when it failed to declare them as the valid candidates of the PDP in the elections.“Any ground of appeal that does not challenge issues raised at the lower court is incompetent. I enter judgment in favor of the respondents.
According to the judgment, to qualify for a review, an appeal must be based on issues contended at the lower court
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