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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Engr. Sunday Oche against the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Ado/Okpoku/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency in the 2019 general election, Hon. Michael Unogwu.
Also joined in the suit were the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Nigeria Police as the second and third respondents respectively.
Oche had dragged the duo to court alleged breach of fundamental rights.
However, in his ruling, Justice Musa Sulaiman Liman held that the issues raised by the applicant were purely political in nature and did not amount to any breach of fundamental rights as claimed.
The court noted that a careful examination of the affidavits before it showed no nexus between the allegations made by the applicant and the enforcement of fundamental rights, stressing that the matter was essentially a political tussle.
The court further ruled that there was no justifiable basis for joining the APC in the suit, describing the party as having been wrongly joined. Consequently, the court struck out the name of the APC from the case.
In addition, the court penalised Engr. Oche for filing what it described as a frivolous suit, awarding a cost of N600,000 against him in favour of Hon. Michael Unogwu.
The ruling brought the case to an end, with the court affirming that the matter did not fall within the purview of fundamental rights enforcement.
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