The court's ruling dismissing the suit challenging the PDP delegates' list comes barely 24 hours before the party's governorship primary election scheduled to hold in the state on Friday.
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking the nullification of the Peoples Democratic Party delegates lists for the governorship primaries scheduled to hold on Friday.
Delivering a ruling, the judge, Peter Kekemeke, held that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit. He also held that the FCT, Abuja is treated as a state in the federation, adding, “It is different from the Federal High Court, this court can only assume jurisdiction in the matters within the FCT.””As much as I would like to grant the order, by the law, I am constrained and restrained to grant the order.”The claimants had in a suit filed through their counsel, P.
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