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BREAKING: Court Rules On PDP's Suit Seeking To Disqualify Peter Obi, Tinubu

Faith Ukanwa

Sep 19, 2022

BREAKING: Court Rules On PDP's Suit Seeking To Disqualify Peter Obi, Tinubu
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) against Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi, the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Labour Party (LP) respectively.

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Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment, held that the suit was unknown to law and hence, described it as "an abuse of court process.ÔÇØ

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Okorowo, who said the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter, also held that the suit did not disclose any reasonable cause of action against the respondents.

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"When a court finds out that a suit is an abuse of court process, the court has the right to dismiss it,ÔÇØ he said.

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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP had, in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022 sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), APC, Tinubu, Kabiru Masari, LP, Obi and Doyin Okupe respectively as 1st to 8th respondents respectively.

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The PDP had asked the court to compel INEC to prevent Tinubu and Obi from replacing their running mates with Sen. Kashim Shettima and Sen. Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively.

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