The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit challenging the decision of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to adopt indirect primary for nominating its candidate for the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Kogi State.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a ruling on Monday, upheld the preliminary objections filed by the APC to challenge the suit.
He agreed with the party that the suit was statute barred, holding therefore, that there was no point going into the merits of the party’s choice of indirect primary.
Justice Taiwo held that the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/883/2019, was a pre-election matter which ought to have been heard and determined within 180 days as provided by Section 285(10) of the Nigerian Constitution.
He held that although the suit was filed only on July 18, 2019, it was clearly premised on another one marked FHC/ABJ/CS/833/2019 which, instead of being determined within 180 days, was only ruled upon on Monday.
The suit challenging the APC’S choice of selecting its flag bearer in the upcoming Kogi election was filed by the Chairman and Secretary of a parallel executive committee of the party in Kogi State, Haddy Ametuo and Tam Adejoh, respectively.
