Supreme Court dismisses suit against Plateau Labour Party’s guber ticket

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday, dismissed an appeal by a Labour Party (LP) governorship aspirant in Plateau State, Ambassador Yohanna Margif, challenging the nomination of the candidate of the party, Dr Patrick Dakum.

Justice John Inyang Okoro stuck out the appeal following its dramatic withdrawal by the appellant, Margif, upon discovery that the matter has become statute barred.

Counsel to the appellant, Mr Opeyemi George Ojo, had pleaded in his arguments with the Apex Court to invoke Section 22 of the Supreme Court Act to take over the matter and resolve all disputed issues in the interest of justice to his client.

His persuasion was however rejected by the 5-man panel of Justices of the Court on the ground that conditions precedents for the Court to invoke section 22 of the Supreme Court Act were not met.

The appellant withdrew his appeal and was subsequently dismissed by Justice Okoro.

The appellant had in his brief challenged the emergence of Dr Patrick Dakum as the Labour Party’s Gubernatorial candidate in Plateau State insisting that he won the governorship primary election of the party and never withdrew his nomination.

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