Court fixes July 1 for hearing in Delta APC Senatorial primary dispute

Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed July 1 for hearing in a suit challenging the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primary election in Delta South Senatorial District.
Justice Umar adjourned the matter to the date for hearing shortly after the case, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1094/2026, was mentioned on Thursday.
While Prince Michael Diden is the plaintiff in the suit dated and filed May 30, Senator Joel Onowakpo Thomas, the APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respondents, respectively.
By the suit, Michael Diden is asking the court to declare him the winner of the May 18 direct p...