The PDP’s fresh suit and demand is on account of illegality in the process that produced the ruling party’s national officers and candidates.
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has in a fresh suit against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to sack the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling party.
The PDP’s fresh suit and demand is on account of illegality in the process that produced the ruling party’s national officers and candidates.
The opposition PDP in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1864/2022 filed before the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, demanded 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 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Electoral Act 2022.
The court process sighted on Wednesday showed that APC national officers and candidates listed by PDP for disqualification from the 2023 general elections include the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, his running mate, Kashim Shettima, all governorship candidates and their deputies.
Others were Senatorial and House of Representatives candidates of the party.
The suit filed on behalf of PDP by Mr. Ayo Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN), was predicated on a judgment of the Federal High Court delivered on September 30, 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 Federal High Court Chief Judge, Justice Tsoho thereafter assigned the fresh suit to Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo for determination, and Justice Ekwo in turn, fixed November 22 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.