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From JOE Hemba
The High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State has struck out two cases brought before it by some aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) against the party.
The aggrieved members had approached the court challenging the party for going ahead with the ward, Local Government and State congresses elections of the party in the state.
The Presiding judge, Justice Gumna Kaigama who is also the Chief Judge of Yobe State in two sperate judgements delivered on Thursday and today Friday said the two originating summons were struck out for lack of jurisdiction.
According to Justice Kaigama , the court has no business in the selection and election of candidates of a political party, neither is the court interested in the internal affairs of the party as those issues are purely the affairs of the political party.
He noted that the preliminary objections of the defense counsel have succeeded therefore the claimants cannot rely on section 87 of the electoral act 2010 as amended, hence the issue is struck out for want of jurisdiction.
Barr. A I Waziri who represented the lead defense counsel, J J Usman(SAN) lauded the judgement and expressed his gratitude to the court for his wise judgement
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But the lawyer to the claimants, Barr. D I Ndahi who represented Barr. C I Nkpe said their clients will be contesting the judgement at a higher court of jurisdiction.
Barr. Ndahi said he was happy with the analysis of the judge before arriving at the judgements but, however stated that his client was only seeking for the proper procedure of the party primaries which according to him is the most contentious issue.
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