Just In: Supreme Court Dismisses PDP’s Suit Against Tinubu, Shettima Over Double Nomination
By Usman Ahmed
Kanempress
26th May 2023
The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima as Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last Presidential Elections.
A five-member panel of the Supreme Court held on Friday, 26 May, 2023, 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, hence does not have the legal right to institute the suit.
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, 2022.
The opposition party argued that Shettima’s nomination to contest the position of Vice President and Borno Central Senatorial District seat — at the same time — contravened the law.
