Yesterday, a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a lawsuit that sought to disqualify Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), LP, and Peter Obi have been added as defendants to the lawsuit with the file number FHC/ABJ/CS/1743/2022, respectively.
Allied Peoples Movement (APM), the plaintiff, requested a court order prohibiting the first defendant from acting on, recognising, implementing, or otherwise dealing with the third defendant’s name as the second defendant’s candidate in the upcoming 2023 presidential election.
Justice James K. Omotosho ruled that the lawsuit was dismissed because the plaintiff had not shown enough proof to support the claim.
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In an initial summons, the plaintiff had requested, among other things, “a declaration that, in view of Section 131(c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the first defendant’s election timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general election, the first defendant’s electoral guidelines for the conduct of the 2023 political party primary elections and nomination of candidates for election, Sections 29(1), 77(2), and (3) of the El
“Provisions of Section 131 (c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended); the 1st defendant’s election timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general election, the 1st defendant’s electoral guidelines for the conduct of 2023 political party primary elections and nomination of candidates for elections, Sections 29(1), 77(2) and (3) of the Electoral Act, 2022 and the fact that the 3rd defendant became a registered member of the 2nd defendant less than 30 days to the party’s presidential primary election, which held on May 30, 2022, the 3rd defendant, herein, is disqualified and ineligible to contest the 2023 presidential elections as the candidate or flag bearer of the 2nd defendant.”
