A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Special Adviser on Political Matters in the presidency, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, seeking the dissolution of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, on Thursday, dismissed the suit filed on April 21, 2020, because it violated Section 285 of the Nigerian Constitution, 1999, and therefore statute-barred.
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Justice Ekwo held that Senator Ojudu and his faction in the APC leadership tussle failed to institute their case within 14 days as allowed by law.
The presidential aide had filed the suit against APC, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Inspector General of Police, Chief Paul Ayodele Omotosho and other executive members of the party seeking an order nullifying the leadership constitution of the party.
He also asked the court for an order compelling INEC to stop further recognition of the Omotosho-led state executive committee in the state.
Senator Ojudu and members of his faction further asked the court to stop members of the state executive committee of the APC from parading themselves as elected officers of the party in the state.
Ojudu and others claimed that the Omotosho-led exco members were illegally, fraudulently and unconstitutionally selected on September 15, 2018, at a stakeholders’ meeting held in the Iyin Ekiti country home of a former governor of the state.
