Tinubu Survives Another Bid To Disqualify Him From Contesting In 2023

A suit filed in court to challenge the eligibility of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu in contesting the 2023 presidential election has been dismissed by the court.

The suit was dismissed on Friday by the Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Zainab Abubakar.

The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1114/2022 was instituted by a former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba.

He sought a court order invalidating the nomination of Tinubu as the valid APC presidential candidate for the 2023 election.

However, the suit which had Tinubu and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as defendants was thrown out by Justice Abubakar who ruled that the case was statute-barred as it was filed outside the 14 days allowed under Section 285(9) of the Constitution.

She added that her court lacks the jurisdiction to hear the suit and therefore threw out the case.

Naija News reports this is the second time the Federal High Court would be dismissing Nwajiuba ‘s suit against Tinubu’s nomination.

In a judgment on December 15, a suit filed by the former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba and the Incorporated Trustees of Rights for All International (RAI) was dismissed by Justice Inyang Ekwo.

Justice Ekwo also faulted the involvement of RAI, which claimed to be a non-government organization in such politically motivated cases and therefore dispelled the suit saying it lacked competence.

He held that the involvement of RAI in politically motivated cases and by extension, partisan politics, went outside the objectives for which it was registered under Part F of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)) and taken steps inimical to public policy.