Court dismisses ADC aspirant’s suit challenging party candidate

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has dismissed a suit filed by the African Democratic Congress, ADC, aspirant for Khana State Constituency I in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Legborsi Nwiabu, challenging the emergence of Bright Nulee as the party’s candidate for the constituency.
Presiding judge, Justice Muhammed Turaki, dismissed the suit after counsel to the plaintiff, Felix Beragbara, informed the court of his client’s decision to discontinue the case against the ADC, Nulee and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
When the matter came up on Wednesday, Beragbara orally applied to withdraw the suit on behalf of his client, following an intervention by the AD...