Kogi: Bid To Stop Yahaya Bello Fails At Abuja Court

By Funmi Olakunle

Governor Yahaya Bello’s quest for the All Progressives Congress, APC governorship ticket was on Monday making a breakthrough after the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja dismissed a suit seeking to stop the use of indirect primaries for the selection of the party’s governorship candidate.

Justice Taiwo Taiwo ruled the application by the rival factional executive as statute barred.

The suit was instituted against the APC and the Abdullahi Bello led factional executive that is controlled by Governor Bello.

The suit which was instituted by Destiny Aromeh, Isah Abubakar, Noah Aku and Joy Onu, who are members of a parallel executive committee of the APC in Kogi State was hinged on the fact that Governor Bello would automatically win the indirect primaries given his control over the party’s structure in the state.

But delivering judgment on Monday, Justice Taiwo said:

“I do not intend to waste judicial time on this suit FHC/ABJ/CS/883/2019 in view of the ruling on the suit FHC/ABJ/CS/581/2018 read a few minutes ago, dismissing the suit for being caught by statute of limitation as provided under Section 285(10) of the Constitution.”

According to him, “it will be pointless to consider the proprietary of this suit” when its foundational suit had been dismissed.

“The court, not being an academic institution, does not engage in academic exercise,” the judge ruled.

“This suit has been spent and its resolution has become unnecessary in view of my earlier judgment. Answering the questions will bear no consequence on the dispute between the parties.

“I therefore have no choice other than to dismiss the suit in its entirety and I accordingly dismiss it.”

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