The suit filed by a legal practitioner and two others, DAILY POST gathered is one of the appeals slated for tomorrow.
In the Notice of Appeal marked: CA/A/436/2019, the appellants are asking the apex court for an Order to set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal and hear the matter on merit and grant the reliefs sought in the Originating Summons. “The Learned Justices of the Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that delving into the other issues raised in the appeal will be regarded as an academic exercise as the case has been held to have been statute barred by virtue of Section 285 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 4th alteration and robs this court of its jurisdiction”.
But the appellate court in a judgement delivered held that the suit had been cut up by the Fourth Alteration to the 1999 Constitution which stipulate a 14 days time period within which an election matter must be filed.
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