Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday struck out a suit seeking the disqualification of Gombe State Governor, Mr Mohammadu Yahaya from the March 11 governorship election over alleged forgery.Justice Nyako struck out the suit for being incompetent and lacking in merit.
According to them, whereas the governor, in his Form CF001 submitted to INEC for the 2019 governorship election, stated that he worked with A.Y.U&Co Ltd from1980-1990, the governor in the Form EC-9 he submitted to seek re-election, averred that he worked at the same company from 1985 to 2003. Aside from praying the court to declare that in view of the provisions of Sections 177 and 182 of the 1999 Constitution, as well as Section 84 and of the Electoral Act, the governor, is not qualified to participate in the election, the plaintiffs further urged the court to compel INEC to expunge his name from the list of bonafide candidates for the impending governorship contest.
The defendants argued that PDP and its members lacked the locus standi to institute an action to challenge the nomination of candidate by another political party.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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