Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has accused the federal government of deliberately abandoning federal roads in Delta state leading to a total complete.
The Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP said this during the party’s campaign in Sapele and Okpe Local Government Areas of the state.
All roads lead to Sapele council in continuation of the PDP governorship campaign with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa at the forefront to woo voters in the area.
The governor in his remark at the venue of the campaign, frowns at the condition of Warri-Sapele road and other federal roads in the state
Other party leaders ask electorate to vote umbrella party from top to bottom.
Okpe local Government Area is the 21st on the list the state PDP campaign train has visited and that is the local council the Governorship Candidate comes from
One of the highlights of the rally is the defection of some APC members to PDP.
COURT DISMISSES PDP’S SUIT SEEKING DISQUALIFICATION OF TINUBU, SHETTIMA
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Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit by the Peoples Democratic Party, seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kassim Shettima, from the 2023 general elections.
Delivering judgment, Justice Ekwo, dismissed the suit on the ground that the PDP lacked locus standi to institute the suit.
Justice Inyang Ekwo held that the case was caught by the principle of issue estoppel, and described the suit as an abuse of the court process.
In its Originating Summons, the PDP challenged the validity of Bola Tinubu to contest for the 2023 presidential election as APC candidate on the ground that Mr Shettima’s nomination as his running mate was in breach of the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022.
The PDP argued that Mr Shettima’s nomination to contest the position of vice president and Borno Central Senatorial seat contravened the law.
The PDP, which sought an order disqualifying the APC, Tinubu and Shettima from contesting the presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25, also sought an order nullifying their candidacy.
It further sought an order compelling INEC to remove their names from its list of nominated or sponsored candidates eligible to contest the poll.
But the defendants, in their preliminary objection, urged the court to dismiss the suit for want of jurisdiction.
They argued that the PDP lacked the locus standi (legal right) to file the case, which invariably was challenging the political party’s decision and its nomination of candidates for the polls.
They further submitted that such an act was an internal affair of APC which they argued was non-justiciable.
Justice Ekwo agreed with the defendants that the PDP had no locus standi to file the matter.
According to him, where there is no locus, the court has no jurisdiction.