By Uthman Baba-Naseer,Minna<\/p>\n
The Minna Division of the Federal High Court has dismissed an Application for amendment of names earlier submitted to the All Progressive Congress
\nin a suit filed by the All Progressive Congress (APC),aspirant in the June 16th Primary election,Shehu Samaila Auna challenging the party’s Primary election which declared Professor Yakubu Mohammed Auna as APC candidate for Magama\/Rijau Federal Constituency in the forthcoming election
\nAlhaji Shehu Samaila Auna, has approached the court through his Attorney Abubakar Sadeeq Danjuma is challenging the APC primary election, which brought Professor Yakubu Mohammed Auna as the party’s flagbeare for Magama Rijau federal constituency ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n
The plaintiff has during the last sitting filed a motion of amendment of names of parties in matter as presented in the suit, but was objected by the defence counsels.
\nThe defence Attorney argued that the motion didn’t specify reasons for changing the name of the plaintiff and it Overreach the preliminary objection of the defence counsels.
\nRuling on the matter the presiding judge Justice Abdullahi Aminu Dan-ige held that the plaintiff counsel had failed to prove the reasons for amendment; he therefore dismissed the Application for Lack of merit and being Incompetent.
\nThe matter was later adjourned to 22nd July 2026 for hearing as effort to speak to the Plaintiff Counsel was not successful.
\nIn an interview with journalists the attorney to the plaintiff Abubakar Sadeeq Danjuma , stated that dismissal of the application will not stop the to proceed.
\n” Our application was only dismissed but it does’nt amount to the dismissal of the suit we filed challenging the popurted APC Primary election that Prof. Yakubu Auna claimed to have won,knowing fully well that no primary election was conducted in Magama\/ Rijau Federal constituency.
\n” We are in court to challenge the said primary election as claimed to have been conducted by the All Progressive Congress on the 16th, day of June 2026. So the dismissal of our application for the amendment of the name does not amount to the suit we filed in court” he told Journalists.
\nOn his part, the defence counsel Philip Ada, Esq told journalists that with the dismissal of the application to amend the name is our prayer.
\n” We opposed the application filed by the plaintiff for the amendment of the name on the ground that the application is overreaching and the Judge concord with our submission and he ruled in our favour by dismissing the application.
\n” What is now left for us is to adopt our submission in the next adjougned date and waiting for judgement” he posited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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