Proceedings in a suit challenging the conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency were on Wednesday stalled at the Federal High Court in Jalingo, Taraba State, following the absence of counsel to the third defendant.
The suit was instituted by an APC female aspirant, Princess Leah Olusiyi Solomon, who is seeking the nullification of the party’s primary election in the constituency.
Solomon is challenging the outcome of the exercise on the grounds that the APC primary election was not conducted in any of the three local government areas that make up the constituency—Jalingo, Yorro and Zing.
When the matter came up for hearing, counsel representing the incumbent member of the House of Representatives for the constituency, who is listed as the third defendant in the case, was absent, making it impossible for the court to proceed with the hearing.
Consequently, the presiding judge adjourned the matter to July 1, 2026, for further proceedings.
Speaking with journalists shortly after the court session, counsel to the plaintiff, Barrister Pius Danba Pius, expressed surprise over the absence of the third defendant’s lawyer, stressing that all parties had been duly served with the relevant court processes.
“I cannot understand why the counsel to the third defendant was absent from court despite having been served with the court papers,” Pius said.
He expressed optimism that substantive hearing would commence on the next adjourned date.
Although no official reason was given for the absence of the third defendant’s counsel,
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