Bolanle OlabimtanA federal high court in Abuja has struck out a suit seeking the nullification of the candidacy of Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress in Benue.Alia had polled over 7,000 votes toHe contested the party’s ticket with Barnabas Gemade, a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party , and Mike Aondoakaa, a former attorney-general of the federation .Dissatisfied with the outcome, Aondoakaa filed a suit before the court challenging the primary outcome.
Among several issues raised, Aondoakaa argued that Alia “is not qualified to vote, contest and/or be declared as the winner of the first defendant’s Benue gubernatorial primary election; he not been a member of the party; and his name not been contained in the list of the party’s membership register submitted to INEC”.
He prayed the court to declare that Alia could not validly contest and be declared as winner of the APC primary, being an ordained priest of the Catholic Church and fully engaged as a minister in the employment and or service of the Catholic Church.
“The grouse of the plaintiff is that the Benue APC primary election was not conducted in compliance with the law,” the judge said. “The APC primary election took place on May 26 and the plaintiff was enjoined by law to commence action within 14 days.“The suit is, therefore, incompetent and the court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the suit and the suit is hereby struck out.”
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