The Court of Appeal Abuja has dismissed a case by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kassim Shettima as the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25 election.
The PDP had urged the appellate court to reverse the January 13 judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja which dismissed its suit on the grounds that the PDP lacked locus standi to have instituted the suit.
In the unanimous judgment , a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, led by Justice James Abundaga, held that the PDP failed to establish its locus standi.
Respondents in the appeal are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the APC, Tinubu and Shettima.
Justice Abundaga held that the trial court was right to have held that the PDP failed to establish its locus standi.
The PDP, which sought an order disqualifying the APC, Tinubu and Shettima from contesting the presidential election scheduled for February 25 equally po rayed the court for an order nullifying their candidacy.
It further prayed the court for an order compelling INEC to remove their names from its list of nominated or sponsored candidates eligible to contest the election.
