By Iffy.
The Court of Appeal in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has reserved an earlier judgment of the Federal High Court in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu.
A three-member panel of the Appeal Court, faulted Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, (now retired) in a ruling on Friday, issuing judgment which declined jurisdiction to entertain a suit by Jimi Adebisi Lawal.
Recall that Lawal is challenging the PDP’s utilisation of a delegates’ list as against the list of delegates who were elected at the ward congresses for the conduct of the May 25, 2022, governorship primary election.
Regardless of these development, Justice Biobele Georgewill ruled that the Federal High Court has jurisdiction over the case as it is pre-election related.
He however ordered remittance of the case to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for the hearing of the case on merit.
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