A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a suit seeking to stop the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, from contesting in the April 11 poll.
The presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Yunusa, declared that the plaintiffs had no grounds to institute the action.
The judge also held that the plaintiffs failed to establish any reasonable cause of action to sustain their request.
The plaintiffs, Olorunfemi Oluwatosin and Dada Joseph, who are members of the APC, had approached the court, seeking an order to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission from allowing the APC to field any candidate for next Saturday’s governorship election in Lagos.
In the originating summons filed through their lawyer, Samuel Adeniyi, the plaintiffs challenged their alleged disenfranchisement in the party’s primary that produced Mr Ambode in December last year.
They claimed that the primary was fraught with and predicated on irregularities.
