Appeal Court reserves judgment in PDP’s case against Tinubu, Shettima, APC
- The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has reserved judgment on an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
- The party is seeking to void the nomination of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
- A federal high court had earlier dismissed the suit on the grounds that PDP lacked the locus standi (legal right) to question how the APC chose its candidates
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In what can described as a new development, the Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgement till a date to be announced later on an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A three-member panel of the court, headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani took the decision after lawyer to parties adopted their briefs and made final submissions, The Nation reports.
While lawyer to the PDP prayed the court to allow the appeal and grant the reliefs sought, lawyers to the APC, Tinubu and Thomas Ojo for Shettima urged the court to dismiss the appeal.
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As against the request by the appellant, Ojo argued that the court could no longer involved it’s original jurisdiction under Section 15 of the court’s Act to hear the case on the merit because the constitutionally prescribed 180 days, within which pre-election cases should be heard, has lapsed.
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The PDP is, by the appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/108/2023, seeking the reversal of the January 13 judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Sun News added.
Justice Ekwo had, in the judgment, dismissed the suit by the PDP in which it sought to void the nomination of Senator Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the grounds that it (PDP) lacked the locus standi to query how the APC chose it’s candidates.
2023 presidential polls: Guinea Bissau hails Tinubu's victory, send strong message to Nigerians
Meanwhile, the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria's president-elect has been greeted with a congratulatory message from the ambassador of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde to Nigeria, John James Usanga.
As contained in a statement made available to Legit.ng on Wednesday, March 8, Usanga disclosed that the emergence of Tinubu as Nigeria's president-elect will further foster its status as Africa's economic powerhouse.
Usanga noted that Tinubu's political and industrious prowess would enhance Nigeria's socio-economic status in the global space as he has done over the years in Lagos state, making it the fourth largest economy in Africa.
Source: Legit.ng
