The Action Alliance (AA) has disavowed one of the lawsuits the party filed to have Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC2023 )’s presidential candidate, declared ineligible.
This was said in a statement released on Friday in Abuja by Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Director of Media and Publicity for the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).
Onanuga claimed that they informed Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division, that the suit was illegal and that the organizers had been expelled as party officials.
He said that Justice Nyako had granted the validly elected chairman and secretary’s request to be included in the lawsuit in a decision made on November 22.
He recalled that Action Alliance had filed the case against INEC as the first defendant, the APC as the second defendant, Sen. Bola Tinubu as the third defendant and Sen. Kashim Shettima as the fourth.
The APC PCC Director of Media and Publicity added that by the approval, the court upheld the argument of the officials that the suit was never authorised by the appropriate organs of the party.
He added that while ruling on the matter, Justice Nyako declared that the main consideration in a joinder application was if the applicant seeking to be joined was a necessary party in that the decision would affect them one way or the other.
“The plaintiffs and respondents have not placed anything that would convince the court not to allow them into the case.
“I am of the opinion that they are necessary to the case to determine if the case was properly instituted or not.
“Consequently, the application succeeds and the applicants are hereby joined as parties to this action as Defendants,” Onanuga quoted the Judge as saying.
According to him, Justice Ishola of Babatunde Ogala chambers stands for the APC, Thomas Ojo for Tinubu, while Mr C.I. Ibenegbu stands for Shettima, Tinubu’s Vice-Presidential running mate.
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