Politics
Peter Obi asks court to dismiss PDP’s suit seeking his disqualification from 2023 election
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Thursday asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to dismiss a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, seeking his disqualification from the 2023 presidential election.
The PDP had last week asked the court to restrain Obi and his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, from replacing their temporary running mates.
Tinubu and Obi had in June picked a Katsina-based politician, Kabiru Masari and former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, as their running mates in a bid to meet the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline for the submission of presidential candidates and their running mates by the 18 political parties.
The duo had since picked the ex-Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima and a former federal lawmaker, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, as their substantive running mates.
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In an originating motion filed by his counsel, Mr. Alex Ejesieme (SAN), the ex-Anambra governor asked the court to dismiss the prayers of the PDP on four grounds.
He described the PDP’s suit as speculative, conjectural in nature and devoid of hard facts.
Obi said: “The plaintiff has not disclosed any reasonable cause of action to activate the jurisdiction of this court. The subject matter of the plaintiff’s suit is not situated within the jurisdictional confines of the Federal High Court. The plaintiff’s suit is a gross abuse of court process.”
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