By Sadiq Abubakar, Abuja.
An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit against the chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Hon Murtala Usman Karshi, for the February 12, 2022 council elections.
The presiding judge, Justice Babangida Hassan, in his three hours judgement, said the suit filed by the chairmanship aspirant, Alhaji Alhassan Suleiman Gwaga, was out of time.
He, therefore, struck out the suit and upheld Murtala Usman Karshi as the candidate of APC for the next year’s chairmanship election in AMAC, while he ordered INEC to implement the judgement of the court.
Counsel to Karshi, Barrister Mukaila Yahaya Mavu, described the judgment as excellent, while commending the judiciary for being upright in delivering the judgment.
Reacting to the judgment, counsel to Alhaji Alhassan Suleiman Gwaga, the (plaintiff) Barrister Aliyu Alhassan, said he was dissatisfied with the outcome of the judgment, saying he will study the judgment before taking the next line of action.
Global Times Nigeria correspondent recalled that the plaintiff, Alhaji Alhassan Suleiman Gwaga, had through his counsel filed the suit challenging his substitution against Murtala Usman Karshi by INEC, after he claimed that he duly won the April 23, APC chairmanship of AMAC for the February 12, 2022 council election.
