Disqualification Suit: See What The Court Just Did To Tinubu/Shettima Over Alleged Double Nomination

Disqualification Suit: See What The Court Just Did To Tinubu/Shettima Over Alleged Double Nomination

On Friday, a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his Vice, Kashim Shetima, for alleged double nomination.

The case was dismissed by Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo on four major legal grounds.

The grounds are that the PDP, which filed the suit, had no legal right to do so, that the suit was statute-barred, that it constituted a gross abuse of the Court process, and that no cause of action was established.

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As the first to fourth defendants, the PDP sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the APC, Tinubu, and Shettima.

The PDP prayed for an order disqualifying the APC, Tinubu, and Shettima from contesting the presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023 in a suit filed on July 28 by Karina Tunyan, SAN.

PDP also asked the court to declare that by virtue of Section 35 of the Electoral Act, 2022, “the nomination of the 4th defendant (Shettima) is void for allowing himself to be nominated in more than one constituency.

However, Justice Ekwo ruled in his decision that the PDP lacked standing to meddle in the internal affairs of the APC.

Furthermore, the Judge stated that the suit was filed after the time limit set by law.

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