Abuja Court dismisses suit seeking to disqualify Ize-Iyamu’s running mate, Gani Audu

 

A suit seeking to disqualify the Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the September 19th election in Edo state, Mallam Gani Audu has been dismissed. 

The suit which was filed by the Action Democratic Party (ADP), alleged that Mallam Gani Audu, presented forged documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The case slated for ruling for the day was between Hon. Momoh Abdulrazak vs the APC in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/758/2020.

The plaintiffs had claimed that Mallam Gani Audu’s certificate was forged and containing some misleading discrepancies especially in name arrangement as submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). 

The issue before the court was whether the matter had become academic, hypothetical, and having no live issue to be determined.

In delivering it's ruling, the court raised two issues for determination - whether the matter was a pre-election matter as claimed by the plaintiffs' counsel, Mr F.N Nwosu and whether the matter had become an academic exercise, having regards to the 19th September, 2020 election.