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Supreme Court dismisses PDP’s suit over Eligibility of Tinubu, Shettima
The Apex court in Abuja has dismissed the suit contesting the eligibility of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) respectively.
The suit was instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of the Bola Tinubu-Kashim Shettima ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 25 February election.
A five-member panel of the supreme court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standing to institute the suit.
The PDP anchored its prayer on the grounds of alleged double nomination of Mr Shettima as APC’s vice-presidential candidate and the party’s senatorial candidate for Borno Central in the same election cycle.
The Peoples Democratic Party had claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate was in breach of the provisions of sections 29(1), 33, 35, and 84(1)(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022.
The opposition party argued that Shettima’s nomination to contest the position of vice-president and Borno central senatorial seat, at the same time contravened the law.
The five-member panel of the supreme court opined that the Peoples Democratic Party is not a member of the All Progressives Congress party, hence the dismissal of their prayer.
