A High Court sitting at Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the immediate past Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and three others.
The presiding judge, Justice Danlami Senchi dismissed the suit and ordered parties to bear their respective costs
Comrade Mustapha Salihu and five others had filed a suit where the court granted an interim order on March 4 this year, suspending Oshiomhole from further acting as the APC’s National Chairman.
Parties were to return to the High Court of the FCT for determination of the substantive suit when today, the Plaintiff’s lawyer, Oluwola Afolabi moved a motion to withdraw the case.
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Afolabi said the withdrawal was informed by the directive by leaders of the APC that all court cases be discontinued in the interest of peace.
Oshiomhole’s lawyer Ginika Ezeoke, therefore, urged the court to dismiss the suit on the grounds that parties have filed pleadings and have to be enjoined issues in relation to the subject of the case.
