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The Certified True Copy of the ruling from the Federal High Court, Kano Division purportedly annulling the candidature of some Labour Party Candidates has revealed that the court declined jurisdiction on the issue of Candidates from Abia State as they were not parties to the suit.
Recall that earlier today, the media was awashed with reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Kano, presided over by Justice M N Yunusa has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect Dr Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States.
The Court in Suit No FHC/KN/CS/107/2023 filed by Mr Ibrahim Haruna Ibrahim against the Labour Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ruled that the failure of the Labour Party to submit its membership register to the INEC within 30 days before their primaries renders the process invalid.
However, a close study of the CTC of the Court Judgement, shows that the court excluded Abia Candidates from the order.
Paragraph 9 of the orders read, “The candidates that participated in the Election in Abia State are not parties before this Court as such the Court lacks the jurisdiction to make an order for the issuance of Certificate of return to them. They are however at liberty to seek the said redress from the appropriate Division of the Court.”
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