The court suspended proceedings of the suit in wait the outcome of an appeal that was filed by the senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the election, Chief Osita Izunaso.
Izunaso, in his six grounds of appeal, argued that the High Court was wrong when it exercised jurisdiction to join the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a defendant in the suit. Izunaso contended that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to continue with the hearing and determination of any matter relating to the suit, including the application filed by the PDP, without hearing applications challenging its jurisdiction.
Meantime, before further proceedings was suspended in the matter, Okorocha through his lawyer, Mr. Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, alleged a deliberate attempt by Izunaso and others to frustrate his case. Okorocha who vied for Senate on the banner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had in his suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/296/2019, maintained that INEC lacked the statutory powers to withhold his Certificate of Return, saying he was validly elected to occupy the senatorial seat.
They all notified the court of their intentions to file preliminary objections to challenge the competence of suit. The Defendants said they were opposed to the issuance of Certificate of Return to the plaintiff.
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