Francis Sardauna in Katsina
The Katsina High Court has struck out the suit filed by Dr. Mustapha Inuwa-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the conduct of the party’s ward, local government and state congresses in the state.
Inuwa’s loyalists and those loyal to a governorship contestant in the state, Senator Yakubu Lado, had been locked in a legal battle over the conduct of the July and August, 2024 PDP congresses held in the state.
Inuwa, a former Secretary to the State Government (SSG) alongside eight others, had filed the suit before the state High Court, asking the court to restrain the party from conducting the congresses over their inability to access forms for the exercise.
The plaintiffs said they filed the suit on behalf of 7,905 other members of the party who were aggrieved with the manner in which the congresses were conducted in the state.
But the PDP which is the defendant in the suit filed a preliminary…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
