The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a pre-election dispute suit filed by the former governor of Rivers, Rotimi Amaechi, against former vice president Atiku Abubakar, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports.
According to the agency report, the court took the decision after the former governor withdrew the suit earlier filed by his lawyers on his behalf.
Recall that Amaechi had file the suit challenging Abubakar’s emergence as the presidential flag-bearer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC for the 2027 election.
The former Minister of Transport in the suit, also prayed the court for an order setting aside the presidential primary election of May 25 that produced Abubakar as ADC candidate.
He told the court that the election was conducted in breach of Section 77(5) and (6) of the Electoral Act, 2026; the ADC’s Constitution, 2026; and Sections 2, 2.1 and 2.2 of ADC’s Guidelines for the conduct of primary elections for the nomination of candidates for the 2027 general elections.
In his ruling, Jutsice Joyce Abdulmalik, said he decided to strike out the suit after Amaechi’s lawyer, Jibrin Okutepa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, moved a motion for the case to be withdrawn.
The magazine reports that the ADC presidential candidate has since picked the former governor as his ruing mate for next year’s election, a move analyst insist may have prompted Amaechi to withdraw the suit.
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