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SHITTU Vs APC: Court strikes out minister’s case against party

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Minister Shittu sues APC over gov'ship primary

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday struck out the suit filed by the Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu against the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Shittu is challenging his disqualification as the party’s gubernatorial candidate for the March 9 election in Oyo State.

Respondents in the matter are APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

Delivering judgment, Justice P. I. Ajoku said the plaintiff had not complied with section 285(9) of the Constitution of Nigeria when he failed to file the case 14 days which the Constitution allows.

Justice Ajoku noted that the plaintiff in his originating summons had confirmed that he was a card carrying member of the APC which gave him the opportunity to contest governorship primary of the party in September last year.

The court added that further that Barrister Shittu had also declared that he only read about his disqualification on the pages of the newspaper published on the September 28, 2018 as a result of his failure to perform a year mandatory National Youth Service Corps NYSC. 

The court then held that plaintiff erred when he said he tried to explore the seven-day internal mechanism for the settlement instead of filing the case in court. 

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