Supreme Court dismisses PDP’s suit against Tinubu and Shettima over ‘double nomination’

The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

mNaija reports that a five member panel of the supreme court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the suit.

The panel said the PDP is not a member of the APC.

The PDP had claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate was in breach of the provisions of sections 29(1), 33, 35, and 84(1)(2) of the Electoral Act.

The party alleged that Shettima was still the APC’s candidate for Borno central senatorial district on July 14 when he accepted the nomination for vice-presidential candidate.

However, the respondents said Shettima’s senatorial nomination was dropped on July 6, 2022.

The respondents said the suit was statute barred, having been filed 15 days after the cause of action instead of 14 days as required by law.