The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, reserved judgment till a later date on an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the nomination of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his deputy, Kashim Shettima, by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for last month’s election.
The party, in the appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/108/2023, is challenging the ruling by the Federal High Court also in Abuja, which affirmed the ruling party’s nomination of the two men.
The PDP, in its suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1734/2022 challenged the nomination of the former governor of Borno State as APC vice-presidential candidate.
The party argued that Shettima’s nomination who at the time was a senator representing Borno Central Senatorial District contravened the Electoral Act, 2022.
In his ruling, the judge declared that the PDP lacked the legal right to interfere in APC’s process for nomination of its candidates for elections.
At Thursday’s proceeding, the appeal court panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani reserved judgment on the matter after lawyers to the parties made their final submissions.