Federal High Court in Abuja has declined jurisdiction in a suit filed by the Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada, against the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The judgment was delivered on Friday, a day to the scheduled supplementary election, by Justice Gabriel Kolawole.
Governor Wada had asked the court to declare him the winner of the November 21 governorship election, following the death of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Abubakar Audu, who was leading.
But Justice Kolawole said that only an Election Tribunal could adjudicate such suit, Channels TV reports.
He said that the role of the judgement was to create a judicial and permissive atmosphere for INEC to conduct the supplementary election scheduled for December 5.