JUST IN: Court Delivers Verdict on Tinubu, Obi Disqualification Suit From 2023 Polls

Emerging reports have confirmed that a federal high court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of presidential candidates, Bola Tinubu (APC) and Peter Obi (Labour Party).

The verdict was issued by Justice Donatus Okorowo who held that the suit was alien to the Nigerian legal system and laced with the inappropriate court process.

According to the judge, cases of that nature could not be entertained by the court as it does not present any reasonable cause of action.

Justice Okorowo said: “When a court finds out that a suit is an abuse of court process, the court has the right to dismiss it,” he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP had, in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022 sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), APC, Tinubu, Kabiru Masari, LP, Obi and Doyin Okupe respectively as 1st to 8th respondents respectively

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The PDP had asked the court to compel INEC to prevent Tinubu and Obi from replacing their running mates with Sen. Kashim Shettima and Sen. Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively.

The PDP is also asking the court to declare that Tinubu and Obi be disqualified unless they contest alongside their previous running mates – Masari and Okupe respectively.

In the originating summons with suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022, the PDP sought an order barring the INEC from replacing the running mates of Tinubu and Obi.

NAN reports that Tinubu had nominated Masari as a surrogate running mate or placeholder to beat the June 17 INEC deadline.