Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Akeredolu’s Emergence As Governor Of Ondo State

The lawsuit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja contesting the candidature of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on the All progressive Congress platform during the last governorship election in Ondo State has been thrown out of court.

The suit filed by Nathaniel Adojutelegan on the grounds the party adopted an indirect mode of election for its primary election was struck out of court by Justice Okon Abang who ruled on the Case on Wednesday, December 16, he upheld the arguments of the APC and Governor Akeredolu (listed as the first and second defendants) that the suit was statute-barred, having been filed outside the 14 days allowed under Section 285(9) of the Constitution, for the institution of pre-election cases.
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Abang noted that while the cause of action arose on July 17, 2020 when the APC’s Election Committee headed by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State announced the adoption of indirect primary, Adojutelegan chose to file his suit on August 3, 2020.

He then proceeded to dismiss the suit on grounds of the issues raised being pre-primary matters, relating to the internal affairs of the APC.

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