PDP Leadership Suit: Court fines Wabara, others N140m, awards N10m against lawyer
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday awarded N140 million against the Adolphus Wabara-led Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for filing a frivolous suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and others.
READ ALSO: Court dismisses suit seeking INEC’s recognition for Wabara, Turaki as PDP leaders The judge, who also upheld the preliminary objections of the second to seventh defendants, said their objections succeeded, having struck out the name of PDP as 8th plaintiff in the suit, among other grounds.
He agreed with the defendants that previous court judgments, including the judgment delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of a sister court, which affirmed the Abdulrahman-led leadership and gave it access to the party’s national office, had not been set aside.
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