The High Court, Ibadan, yesterday reserved till today,
judgment in the case between Communications Minister Mr Adebayo Shittu and the
All Progressives Congress over the party’s primary election in Oyo State.
The minister, a member of the APC, had sued the party,
seeking redress for allegedly being denied participation in the governorship
primary election in the state in the recent general elections in the country.
He claimed that APC’s national leadership omitted his name
in the list of its gubernatorial aspirants for the primaries in Oyo state
because he did not participate in the National Youth Service Corps scheme.
After filing of written addresses by the plaintiff and the
defendants, the Judge, Justice P.I. Ajoku, fixed Federal Thursday afternoon for
judgment on the relieves sought by the minister.
Counsel to the plaintiff, Mr Abdulhakeem Mustafa (SAN), had,
among all other things, urged the court to determine whether the ground for
disqualifying his client was lawful or a contravention of the constitution.
Mustafa argued that the Constitution of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria required anyone seeking to be a state governor to possess a maximum
of Senior Secondary School Certificate and not necessarily an NYSC certificate.
He tendered a 38-paragraph affidavit and 13 exhibits before
the court to support his claims.
In his opposition to the plaintiff’s prayer, Mr Adebayo Ojo,
the defence counsel, said that the matter was already a dead issue, and
therefore, academic.
“My lord, the plaintiff is merely flogging a dead horse
because the matter is of no benefit to him or the party, APC.
“It has become academic; the sister case he filed in Federal
High Court, Abuja, has also been struck out,” Ojo stated.
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