Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja has dismissed a swimsuit filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, looking for the removing of former Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, from workplace on account of his defection to the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP.
The decide on Monday in a judgment held that the swimsuit had develop into educational, train in futility and might now not confer any advantages on the APC.
Moreover, the decide stated that the court docket has no energy to increase the tenure in dispute to accommodate the request of the APC.
Justice Ekwo stated that the tenure being eyed by the APC had been spent by Ortom earlier than the case may very well be concluded.
The APC had dragged the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, PDP and Ortom earlier than the court docket praying that Ortom be kicked out of workplace on account of his defection to the PDP.
APC asserted that it canvassed for votes and received the vast majority of lawful votes of 422,932 as towards the PDP which scored 313, 878 to come back second, within the 2019 governorship election in Benue State.
The get together requested the decide to invoke sections 1, 177 and 179 of the 1999 Structure and Part 97 of the Electoral Act 2010 to carry that Ortom can not switch its lawful votes to PDP, thereby making PDP to unlawfully develop into the winner of the 2019 ballot.
Nevertheless in his judgment within the swimsuit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/458/2022, Justice Ekwo held that the reason for motion had ceased from the day the previous governor accomplished the tenure of workplace.
He dismissed the swimsuit, noting that it now not has life to maintain it and subsequently lacked advantage.
