The Federal Excessive Court docket in Benin on Monday dismissed a go well with looking for the removing of Olumide Akpata because the Labour Get together governorship candidate for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.
Justice Babatunde Quadri dominated that the courtroom lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the go well with filed by Kenneth Imasuagbon, who competed with Akpata for the LP governorship ticket.
The courtroom held that Imasuagbon did not exhaust the interior dispute decision mechanisms inside the Labour Get together earlier than looking for authorized motion.
The courtroom additional mentioned that Imasuagbon’s declare of Akpata not signing the indemnity type is statute-barred.
The courtroom additionally declared the lawsuit as untimely and with out substantial proof to help its claims.
The decide mentioned, “This courtroom lacks jurisdiction to entertain the go well with; it lacks benefit and is predicated on hypothesis. The claimant did not exhaust the interior dispute decision of the get together earlier than looking for authorized motion, therefore, robbing the courtroom of jurisdiction.
“The declare that Akpata didn’t signal didn’t signal the indemnity type is status-barred and subsequently the courtroom lacks jurisdiction.”
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