Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court in
Abuja on Wednesday dismissed a suit seeking disqualification of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and Bola Ahmed Tinubu over their Muslim-Muslim
candidacy for the 2023 presidential election.
The suit instituted by an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mr
Osigwe Ahmed Momoh was thrown out by the Judge on grounds of lack of locus
standi by the plaintiff.
Justice Mohammed held that the lawyer not being a member of
APC and having not participated in the process that produced Tinubu and his
running mate, Kashim Shetima cannot query them on the nominations.
The legal practitioner had in the suit prayed the Court for
an order nullifying the candidature of APC and Tinubu from participating in the
presidential election on the ground that the nomination of Muslim-Muslim
candidacy is unconstitutional and against the spirit and letters of sections
14, 15 and 224 of the 1999 Constitution.
Specifically, the lawyer who claimed to be an apostle of the
rule of law and social justice argued that the Muslim-Muslim candidacy runs
counter to the spirit of national cohesion, integration and unity.
He asked the court for an order of perpetual injunction to
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from publishing the name
of APC and its presidential candidate for the purpose of the 2023 election.
However, in his judgment, Justice Mohammed disagreed with
the plaintiff on the legal right to institute the case and subsequently
dismissed it in its entirety.
Justice Mohammed while upholding the preliminary objection
of APC and Tinubu, however, did not award any cost against the plaintiff.
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