A suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party – PDP, against the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress – APC, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the candidates for the Lagos State House of Assembly has been dismissed by a court of law in the state.
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Lagos, dismissed the suit after the PDP moved to withdraw it.
The court also agreed with the defendants’ counsel that the plaintiffs failed to prosecute same diligently, after issues had been joined.
In the suit which was filed on October 17, 2022, the PDP asked the court to declare that by the proper construction and interpretation of the combined provisions of sections 29 and 30(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, it is mandatory for a political party such as the APC to submit the Nomination Forms of candidates it proposes to sponsor for elections to the 1st Defendant, INEC no later than 180 days to the conduct of such elections.
The PDP also contended that having failed to submit the same within the required time, the Governor of Lagos and the candidates for the state House of Assembly stand disqualified for the elections scheduled to hold on March 11.
The PDP subsequently asked the court to nullify the nomination of the candidates by the APC and an order of injunction restraining INEC from according them Andy’s recognition in the forthcoming governorship and State House of Assembly polls in Lagos State.