Justice Simon Amobeda in ruling, nullified a previous order of the court dated March 6, 2019, disqualifying Senator Danladi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress from participating in the 2019 governorship election and other elections in the state.
The court had in 2019 disqualified Danladi as then candidate of the APC from participating in the March 9, 2019 Taraba governorship election. The court had barred Danladi for allegedly falsifying his age in the documents he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission at the time. But Justice Amobeda in his ruling on Friday reaffirmed that the court has a jurisdiction to set aside its earlier judgement and by virtue of the plaintiff’s supporting documents, which qualify him to participate in any form of elections.
The presiding judge referred to a case of Supreme Court Vs Dingyadi, INEC Vs Okoro Ugwuanyi, and kogi State Vs INEC. The judgement reads thus: “wether the Federal High Court has a jurisdiction to set aside its earlier judgement on certificate issues, the presiding judge continue by defining the concept of what jurisdiction is;YOU MAY
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