Women sit in a branded bus station as they support leading opposition All Progressives Congress presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari during a rally christened ‘Walk for Change” in Lagos, on March 7, 2015 in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. Presidential elections scheduled for February 14 were delayed for six weeks as the military said the ongoing counter-offensive against Islamists Boko Haram meant that troops could not provide security on polling day. Elections will take place on March 28, with gubernatorial and state house assembly polls two weeks later. AFP PHOTO
By Innocent Anaba
LAGOS—The All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to join it in the suit by Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in which it, UPN, is seeking to have the electoral commission list its presidential candidate and other candidates for the March 28 and April 11 general elections.
At yesterday’s hearing in the matter during which the motion on notice by the UPN against INEC, was slated for hearing, APC’s team of lawyers, including Kola Awodein, SAN; Emeka Ngige, SAN and Funke Aboyade, SAN, appeared in court with the motion for joinder.
They argued that as a major political party in Nigeria, any decision in the matter may affect the interest of the party, hence the need for the motion for joinder. INEC through its lawyer, said the commission had nothing against APC’s motion to join the suit, adding that it was within the liberty of the party to do so.
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