An appeal that was filed by Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, a former Minister of State for Education, seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as presidential candidates of their respective political parties was rejected by the Supreme Court on Thursday.
The highest court in the land dismissed the case on the grounds that it was time-barred, meaning that it was no longer viable and lacked the ability to stand on its own.
The appeal was dismissed by Justice Inyang Okoro, who presided over a five-member panel of Justices of the Court. The former Minister withdrew his case after being informed that it had been filed outside of the time period prescribed by law, which led to the dismissal of the appeal.
ad Mr. Nwajiuba and a civil group known as the Rights for All International, which is a non-governmental organization, had asked the Supreme Court to cancel the processes that produced Tinubu and Abubakar as candidates for their respective political parties.
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Both the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal in Abuja had ruled against him on the basis that his case did not have sufficient merit to warrant the court’s consideration of it. He had been unsuccessful in both courts.
