{"id":91071,"date":"2023-06-29T19:29:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/court-grants-pdps-request-to-withdraw-suit-against-gov-nwifuru"},"modified":"2023-06-29T21:56:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T20:56:23","slug":"court-grants-pdps-request-to-withdraw-suit-against-gov-nwifuru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-grants-pdps-request-to-withdraw-suit-against-gov-nwifuru","title":{"rendered":"Court grants PDP\u2019s request to withdraw suit against Gov Nwifuru"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, has granted the request by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to withdraw a suit it instituted against Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru, challenging his nomination as governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n

PDP, in suit No. FHC\/AI\/CS\/7\/2023 challenged the validity of the nomination of Nwifuru by APC on the ground that he was, at the time, a member of the party and couldn\u2019t have been nominated by APC as its 2023 governorship candidate.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the court presided over by Justice Fatun Riman struck out the case on February 14, 2023, on the ground that it was statute-barred following a notice of preliminary objection filed against the suit by the first and second defendants, Francis Nwifuru and the APC, respectively.<\/p>\n

Dissatisfied by the court\u2019s decision, PDP, through its counsel, Chief Mudi Erhenede, on May 15, 2023, asked the court to set aside its judgment delivered FHC\/AI\/CS\/7\/2023 on February 14, 2023, on the ground that the plaintiff was not served with the preliminary objection filed by the defendants that led to the dismissal of the case.<\/p>\n

Erhenede argued that hearing the notice of preliminary objection by the court without being served has denied the plaintiff a fair hearing, hence the motion before the court to set aside the said ruling.<\/p>\n

Delivering his judgement on Thursday, June 22, 2023, Justice Hyeladzira Ajiya Nganjiwa nullified the judgement, saying it was done without jurisdiction, and declared it null and void.<\/p>\n

Among other orders, Justice Nganjiwa also directed that the case be relisted on the court\u2019s case list for a fresh trial.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, has granted the request by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to withdraw a suit it instituted against Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru, challenging his nomination as governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections. 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