A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise and publish the names of the Kabiru Turaki-led Interim National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In a judgement delivered on Friday, Justice Salim Ibrahim ruled that the plaintiffs, led by the Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, did not have the legal right to file the case.
The judge held that the court lacked the jurisdiction to hear the matter because the plaintiffs had no legal standing, and consequently struck out the suit.
The court upheld the preliminary objection filed by INEC and sustained similar objections raised by parties seeking to be joined in the suit, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to establish that INEC had recognised the purported Interim National Working Committee or that they had the authority to sue on behalf of the PDP.
