{"id":290584,"date":"2023-09-25T15:50:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=290584"},"modified":"2023-09-25T15:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:50:39","slug":"kogi-guber-poll-court-strikes-out-dino-melayes-suit-against-n50m-campaign-signage-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/09\/25\/kogi-guber-poll-court-strikes-out-dino-melayes-suit-against-n50m-campaign-signage-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi guber poll: Court strikes out Dino Melaye\u2019s suit against N50m campaign signage fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Agency had directed political parties to pay the sum of N50 million before mounting billboards and pasting posters ahead of the governorship poll<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Political parties were also instructed to pay N2 million for each billboard mounted in the state<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A high court sitting in Lokoja has struck out a suit filed by Dino Melaye, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the November 11 Governorship election in Kogi State, to challenge campaign charges imposed on political parties by the Kogi State Signage and Advertisment Agency.<\/p>\n<p>The Agency had directed political parties to pay the sum of N50 million before mounting billboards and pasting posters ahead of the governorship poll.<\/p>\n<p>The political parties were also instructed to pay N2 million for each billboard mounted in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Melaye had in an exparte motion dated September 12, prayed the court to declare the charges imposed by the Agency as illegal.<\/p>\n<p>He also asked the court to declare the creation of the Agency null and void, arguing that its establishment was against constitutional provisions.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a ruling on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice Ruth Alfa, struck out the motion for lack of merit.<\/p>\n<p>The judge held that the exparte motion was defective and, as a 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