The Court docket of Attraction on Wednesday, dismissed a go well with searching for to disqualify Olumide Akpata because the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Social gathering, LP, within the Sept. 21 election in Edo.
The appellate courtroom held that the go well with instituted by an aggrieved governorship aspirant, Kenneth Imasuangbon lacked cogent and verifiable proof within the allegations in opposition to Akpata.
Within the judgment delivered by Justice Okon Abang, the courtroom held amongst others, that Imasuangbon did not discover inter battle decision mechanism of the Labour Social gathering earlier than dashing to Court docket.
To this finish, the courtroom held that his case was untimely in legislation and can’t be entertained on the bottom that circumstances precedents weren’t met.
The unanimous judgment of the three-member panel additionally held that the appellant did not tender the disputed outcomes of the February 23 major election of the celebration which he claimed to have received.
Justice Abang held that the declare of Imasuangbon that he was not given official outcomes by Labour Social gathering can not maintain waters as a result of he had his agent on the major election.
The courtroom additional held that the appellant didn’t name as witness, a single delegate from these he claimed voted for him on the major election.
The courtroom added that Imansuangbon’s allegations that Akpata didn’t signal the Indemnity Kind is statute-barred and subsequently lacked jurisdiction.
The appellate courtroom subsequently upheld the judgment of the Federal Excessive Court docket in Benin delivered by Justice Babatunde Quadiri, which had earlier dismissed Imasuangbon’s go well with for need of advantage.
Imasuangbon had within the go well with prayed that Akpata be disqualified as Labour Social gathering gubernatorial candidate on the allegations that he was not certified to have participated within the ballot.
He requested for an order of the courtroom compelling Labour Social gathering to withdraw the candidacy of Akpata and submit his personal identify as the precise candidate having come second within the major election.NAN
