{"id":96972,"date":"2022-07-15T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96972"},"modified":"2022-07-15T17:48:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T16:48:00","slug":"pdp-sues-inec-apc-seeks-obi-tinubus-disqualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pdp-sues-inec-apc-seeks-obi-tinubus-disqualification\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP sues INEC, APC, seeks Obi, Tinubu\u2019s disqualification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1738420638829765302\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Peoples Democratic Party has instituted a lawsuit compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to prevent All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu; and Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi, from replacing their running mates with Senator Kashim Shettima and Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The PDP is also asking the court to declare that Tinubu and Obi be disqualified unless they contest alongside their previous running mates \u2013 Kabiru Masari and Doyin Okupe respectively.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the originating summons with suit number FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/1016\/2022, the PDP is seeking an order barring the Independent National Electoral Commission from replacing the running mates of Tinubu and Obi.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Those listed as first to seventh respondents in the case are INEC, APC, Tinubu, Masari, Labour Party, Obi and Okupe.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Recall that Tinubu had nominated Masari as a surrogate running mate or placeholder in order to beat the June 17 INEC deadline. Obi had also nominated his campaign manager, Okupe, as an interim running mate. However, INEC gave a grace period of about one month to substitute their names.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">After weeks of consultations, Tinubu and Obi nominated Shettima and Baba-Ahmed respectively while Masari and Okupe resigned.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, the PDP asked the court to determine if by the combined interpretation of Section 142(1) of the constitution, Section 29(1), 31 and 33 of the Electoral Act 2022, and INEC\u2019s timetable, Tinubu and Obi are bound by the submission of Masari and Okupe respectively as their running mates.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The party also asked the court to determine if \u201cby the combined interpretation of Section 142(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sections 29(1), 31, 33 of the Electoral Act 2022, the first defendant (INEC) can validly accept any change or substitution of the 4th (Masari) and 7th (Okupe) defendants as running mates of the 3rd (APC) and 6th (Labour Party) defendants.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The PDP is also seeking five reliefs including a declaration that by the combined interpretation of Section 142(1) of the constitution, Section 29(1), 31 and 33 of the Electoral Act 2022 and INEC\u2019s timetable, both Tinubu and Obi must be bound by their submission.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The party asked the court to rule that both Tinubu and Obi will be disqualified the moment they substitute the names of their running mates.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">One of the reliefs reads, \u201cA declaration that by the combined interpretation of Section 142(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), Sections 29(1), 31, 33 of the Electoral Act 2022, the 1st defendant\u2019s (INEC\u2019s) election timetable, the 3rd (Tinubu) and 6th (Obi) cannot validly contest\u00a0 the 2023 Presidential election without the 4th (Masari) and 7th (Obi) respondents as their respective running mates.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The PDP also based its argument on the fact that the term \u2018placeholder\u2019 is unknown to Nigerian law.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe Electoral Act makes no provisions whatsoever for placeholder or temporary running mates. The acts of the 2nd (APC), 3rd (Tinubu), 5th (Labour Party ) and 6th (Obi) defendants in nominating and forwarding the names of the 4th (Masari) and 7th (Okupe) defendants as running mates for the 2023 Presidential elections is valid and subsisting,\u201d the party added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a supporting affidavit sworn to by Evelyn Oroh, a litigation secretary in the law firm of Gordy Uche (SAN), it was stated that some of the defendants had stated openly that they were mere placeholders.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party has instituted a lawsuit compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to prevent All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu; and Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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