Disqualification – Prime Pointers

Court to hear APC’s suit seeking Ighodalo’s disqualification Sept. 19

September 10, 2024September 10, 2024 admin

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, fixed Sept. 19 to hear a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking the disqualification of Asue Ighodalo, the PDP candidate for the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo.Justice Peter Lifu fixed the hearing of all pending applications after lawyers to the parties in the suit reached an agreement for the adjournment to allow PDP’s Counsel, Oyetola Atoyebi, SAN, respond to the plaintiff’s amended originating summons.The APC, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1001/2024, had sued INEC, Ighodalo and PDP as 1st…

2023 poll: Court dismisses PDP’s suit seeking disqualification of Tinubu, Shettima

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 admin

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’ suit seeking the disqualification of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), and his vice, Mr Kassim Shettima, for the 2023 general elections.Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed the suit on the ground that the PDP lacked locus standi to institute the suit.Justice Ekwo, who held that the case was caught by the principle of issue estoppel, described the suit as an abuse of court process.The PDP, in its originating summons marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1734/2022,…