The Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja affirmed former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA.
In a judgment of 5- man panel of Justices of the court, the appeal filed by Jude Okeke was dismissed on the ground of being an abuse of court process and lacking in merit.
The apex court also declared Chief Victor Oye as the national chairman of the party.
Justice Mary Odili who delivered the lead judgment awarded a sum of one million naira against Jude Okeke to be paid to APGA and Victor Oye.
Justice Odili upheld the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Kano which had earlier dismissed the suit of Okeke.
The apex court lambasted the appellants for engaging in forum shopping and abusing of court process to get favourable judgment to suit their own purposes.
The unanimous judgment also took swipe at Okeke and some lawyers for attempting to mislead the court through multiple cases over the same subject matters.
Justice Odili noted that the appellants in the desperate bid to abuse the court moved their cases from Anambra states to Imo and later to Jigawaa state where they eventually got judgment in their favour on March 31, 2021.
The Supreme Court also agreed that the election of officers of political parties was an internal affairs of respective parties and cannot be challenged in court.
