The Nation Newspaper Edo: Shuaibu loses bid to void Ighodalo’s candidacy
in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the impeached deputy governor of Edo State, Phillip Shuaibu, seeking the nullification of the February 22 governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party .In a judgment delivered yesterday, Justice James Omotosho held that Shuaibu lacked the locus standi to have challenged the outcome of primary because he did not fully participate in it and was not present at the venue of the primary the day it was held.
He averred that where a person bought the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms, got screened and cleared but failed to physically participate in the primary, he/she has lost the right to challenge the outcome of the primary. The judge held that as a member of the PDP, Shuaibu was bound by the rules and regulations of the party, which require an aggrieved aspirant in a primary to first approach the party’s Appeal Committee before filing a suit in the court.He held that having failed to exhaust the internal dispute resolution mechanism put in place by his party, the suit he filed was premature and the court could not exercise jurisdiction to hear it.
The judge held that the plaintiff’s allegation of irregularities in the conduct of the primary was not supported by any credible evidence.In a separate rulings in another suit that Shuaibu filed, Justice Omotosho granted him leave to amend his originating process from originating summons to writ of summons in view of that fact that contentious issues were raised in the suit to warrant the calling of oral evidence.
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