Taraba APC primary election suit stalled over absence of defence counsel

Proceedings in a suit challenging the conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency were on Wednesday stalled at the Federal High Court in Jalingo, Taraba State, following the absence of counsel to the third defendant.
The suit was instituted by an APC female aspirant, Princess Leah Olusiyi Solomon, who is seeking the nullification of the party’s primary election in the constituency.
Solomon is challenging the outcome of the exercise on the grounds that the APC primary election was not conducted in any of the three local government areas that make up the constituency—Jalingo, Yorro and Zing.
When the matter came up fo...