Justice H A Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State, on Friday, dismissed a suit by a member of the House of Representatives, Hon Okwudili Ezenwankwo, challenging the nomination of Prof Charles Soludo as the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the Anambra State Governorship election.
Ezenwankwo had approached the court in suit no FHC/AWK/CS/43/2021, seeking to nullify the primary election of APGA held on June 23, 2021.
Ezenwankwo had alleged that APGA did not conduct the Adhoc Delegates’ Congress to elect the delegates that would vote at the primary election.
According to the plaintiff, the purported non conduct of the delegates’ election vitiated the nomination of Prof Charles Soludo as the candidate of APGA.
But APGA had through its team of lawyers led by Mr P. Ikwueto (SAN), challenged the jurisdiction of the court to hear the matter on the grounds that the suit was statute-barred and that the complaint of the plaintiff bothers on the internal affairs of APGA which is non-justiciable.
In his judgment on the matter, Justice Nganjiwa agreed with the submissions of the Ikwueto SAN for the defendants.
The judge further held that the suit filed by the plaintiff was indeed statute- barred and liable to be dismissed.
The court also upheld the contention that the subject matter of the suit bothers on the internal affairs of APGA, an issue which is-non justiciable.
Justice Nganjiwa consequently dismissed the suit by the federal lawmaker.
