Court Delivers Verdict on Tinubu, Obi Disqualification Suit From 2023 Polls
- The duo of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC and Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party is officially eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election
- This is coming after Justice Donatus Okorowo of the federal high court in Abuja dismissed a suit filed by the PDP seeking their disqualification
- Going by this judgment, the 2023 presidential elections will witness a three-horse race for the most powerful seat in all of Nigeria
FCT, Abuja - Emerging reports have confirmed that a federal high court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of presidential candidates, Bola Tinubu (APC) and Peter Obi (Labour Party).
The Nation reported that the verdict was issued by Justice Donatus Okorowo who held that the suit was alien to the Nigerian legal system and laced with the inappropriate court process.
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According to the judge, cases of that nature could not be entertained by the court as it does not present any reasonable cause of action.
Justice Okorowo said:
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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."
What PDP suits says
As contained in the report by TheCable, the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022 is praying for the court to issue a judgment that will compel INEC to declare the running mates of Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi as illegal.
The duo before now had presented different names (Kabiru Masari, (APC), and Doyin Okupe (LP)) as placeholder running mates.
Subsequently, the duo replaced its placeholder candidates with Sen. Kashim Shettima and Sen. Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively.
According to the Daily Independent, this move prompted the suit filed by the PDP urging the court to disqualify Tinubu and Obi or enter the 2023 presidential election with their placeholder running mates.
In the originating summons with suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022, the PDP sought an order barring the INEC from replacing the running mates of Tinubu and Obi.
2023 election: Atiku, Obi in trouble as Tinubu makes strategic appointment
In another development, the Bola Tinubu APC presidential campaign council has gotten a new addition to its ranks ahead of the 2023 general election.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state became the latest addition to the ranks of Tinibu's campaign team.
The radical Governor Bello was appointed the national youth coordinator of the Tinubu campaign council.
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