The Guardian (Nigeria)

Kantigi affirmed as PDP candidate in Niger state

- By Ameh Ochojila, Abuja

AFEDERALHi­gh Court, Abuja has affirmed Liman Isa Kantigi as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in the 2023 governorsh­ip election in Niger State.

The defendants in the suit, filed by Hon. Sani Idris Kutigi, marked FHC/ ABJ/ CS/ 804, are Peoples Democratic party ( PDP); Independen­t National Electoral Commission ( INEC) and Liman Isa Kantigi as 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants respective­ly.

Kutigi had approached the court challengin­g that the 1st defendant ought not to have cleared the 3rd respondent to participat­e in the primaries, alleging submission of false documents.

Justice Zainab Abubarkar, in her judgment, dismissed the suit brought by the plaintiff for not being properly constitute­d and for lacking in the cause of action.

The court also held that the matter being a pre- election matter, the cause of action was expected to crystallis­e 14 days after the action, and that the suit was filed before conduct of the primaries.

Justice Zainab held that since the plaintiff had no cause of action in the suit, the jurisdicti­on of the court cannot be activated when the cause of action is not crystalise­d.

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