December 07, (THEWILL) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit challenging the candidacy of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The plaintiff, Elder Ngozika Ihuoma, had dragged Tinubu and five others, to court on June 9, 2022, after the former Lagos State Governor won the APC presidential primary election.
Ihuoma had in the suit numbered FHC/ABJ/CS/854/2022, prayed the court to order the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to disqualify Tinubu from contesting the 2023 presidential election.
Responding to the suit, the lawyer representing the APC, Julius Ishola (Esq), had filed a counter-affidavit in opposition to the Originating Summons and a Notice of Preliminary Objection.
Challenging the locus standi of Ihuoma, the defence counsel argued that the case was speculative, pre-emptive and non-justiciable being the internal affairs of a political party.
In a ruling on Monday, Justice Fadima Aminu Muritala, upheld the defense counsel’s objections and struck out the case.
The court described the plaintiff as a “meddlesome interloper having no locus standi to institute the suit”.