A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging the nomination of Liman Kantigi as the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Niger State in the 2023 election.
Justice Zainab Abubakar held that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit, as the suit had no cause of action.
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The suit which was filed by Idris is challenging the decision by the PDP to clear Kantigi to contest the party’s primary, claiming that Kantigi submitted false documents.
The judge also noted that the suit was filed before the primary was conducted, adding that the plaintiff ought to wait for the primary to hold and then sue within 14 days as required by the constitution.
Justice Abubakar held that the court would have assumed jurisdiction over the case had the plaintiff challenged the actual conduct of the primary election.
Editor: Ena Agbanoma
