Court dismisses suit seeking to remove Kebbi Governor

Godwn Tsa, Abuja

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja division has dismmised a suit seeking the removal of Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu for lacking in merit.
A busineesman, Anthony Itanyi, had, in the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/312/2015, prayed the court to declare that Bagudu was incompetent to contest the governorship poll in the state.
Although the governor’s main challnger in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Kebbi state, Maj. Gen. Bello Sarkin-Yaki (rtd.) was initially listed as a co-plaintiff in the suit, he later withdrew from the case.
The Plaintiff had predicated the suit on allegations that Bagudu gave false information in the Affidavit of Personal Particulars otherwise called Form CF.001 submitted by him to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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