Again, PDP Asks Court To Sack Adamu-led APC’s NWC, Disqualify All Candidates

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to sack the Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on account of illegality in the process that produced the party’s national officers and candidates.

PDP in a fresh suit is asking that all candidates produced by APC for the 2023 general elections be disqualified from the race having been allegedly produced in breach and gross violation of the 1999 Constitution and Electoral Act 2022.

The suit filed by Mr Ayo Kamaldeen Ajibade, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on PDP’S behalf, was predicated on a judgment of a Federal High Court delivered on 30 September 2022, which declared as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional, all actions and activities of Governor Mai Mala Buni as the Chairman, Extraordinary Convention Committee of the APC.

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho has now assigned the new suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1864/2022 to Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo for determination.

It was noted that Justice Ekwo has, in turn, fixed 22 November for mention of the suit with an order that all the 53 persons listed by PDP in the suit as defendants be served with hearing notices in their respective locations.

The court process sighted on Wednesday showed that the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his running mate, Kashim Shetima, all governorship candidates and their deputies are listed in the request for disqualification from the 2023 election on the grounds that their nominations are in breach of the Constitution and Electoral Law.

Also listed in the request for disqualification from the 2023 general elections are the Senatorial and House of Representatives candidates of the party for the same reasons.