A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State, on Wednesday, cancelled a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against Adekunle Akinlade, Ladi Adebutu and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
It was reported that the APC in the State had filed a suit, seeking the disqualification of Adebutu and Akinlade as governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the PDP in the state.
The APC in the suit number: FHC/AB/CS/149/22, asked the court to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify the PDP from presenting a candidate for the 2023 election.
At the resumption of the hearing on Wednesday, the APC made a u-turn as its counsel Barr. Abeeb Ajayi, told the court that the applicant wanted to withdraw the case.
In his argument, the lead counsel to the defendants, Mike Ozekhome had asked the court to dismiss the suit inspite of what he called “the hurried notice of discontinuance filed by the APC when it knew it has lost the case.”
The presiding Judge, Justice Joyce Malik, dismissed the suit and awarded N2 million cost each in favour of all the defendants – Adebutu, Akinlade and the PDP, making a total of N6 million.
Justice Malik also warned political parties against approaching the Court with frivolous matters.