A Federal High Court in Abuja has slammed a N140 million fine on the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by former Senate President Adolphus Wabara for instituting what it described as a frivolous suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In a judgment delivered on Friday, Justice Salim Ibrahim dismissed the suit in its entirety, ruling that it lacked merit and amounted to an abuse of court process.
The case was filed by members of the Wabara-led BoT, who sought to compel INEC to recognise the PDP faction led by Kabiru Turaki as the party’s legitimate National Working Committee (NWC).
The plaintiffs had argued that the names of officials in the Turaki-led interim NWC were forwarded to INEC through letters dated May 4 and should be reflected on the commission’s official records.
However, the court rejected the request and held that the dispute was purely an internal
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