The supreme court has fixed May 26 to deliver judgment in a
suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential
and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The judgment will be delivered three days before the
inauguration of the president-elect and the vice-president-elect.
The PDP, in the suit filed on July 28, 2022, claimed that
Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate was in breach of the provisions
of sections 29(1), 33, 35, and 84(1)(2) of the electoral act, 2022.
The party argued that Shettima’s nomination to contest the
position of vice-president and Borno central senatorial seat — at the same time
— contravened the law.
The PDP, which sought an order disqualifying the APC,
Tinubu, and Shettima from contesting the presidential election, also sought an
order nullifying their candidacies.
However, Inyang Ekwo, the trial judge at the court of
appeal, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the PDP lacked the locus standi
to institute the suit.
Not satisfied, the PDP appealed the judgment.
Delivering judgment in the appeal, a three-member panel of
the court of appeal led by James Abundaga held that the PDP failed to establish
that it had locus standi to institute the case.
Abundaga described the PDP as a “busybody”, who dabbled into
issues that were internal affairs of the APC.
“The appellant, having failed to disclose its locus standi,
this appeal fails and it is hereby dismissed,” he said.
The judge also awarded N5 million cost against the
appellant’s lawyer, J. O. Olotu.
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