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The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has instituted a lawsuit compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to prevent the Presidential Candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and Labour Party, Peter Obi, from replacing their running mates with Kashim Shettima and Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively.
In the suit, PDP asked the Court to declare that Tinubu and Obi be disqualified unless they contest alongside their previous running mates, Kabiru Masari and Doyin Okupe respectively.
The PDP based its argument on the fact that the term ‘placeholder’ is unknown to Nigerian law.
Recall that Tinubu had nominated Masari as placeholder while Obi also nominated Okupe, as an interim running mate.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of the Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adegboyega Oyetola, from the State Governorship election scheduled for Saturday. In his ruling, the presiding Judge, Inyang Ekwo held that the suit filed by the plaintiff failed to disclose any cause of action. Justice Ekwo ruled that the suit instituted against Oyetola constituted a gross abuse of court […]
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