By Uthman Baba-Naseer,Minna<\/p>\n
The Federal High Court, sitting in Minna has struck out the defence of the 1st Defendant Statement of Defence African Democratic Congress (ADC) Senatorial Candidate for Niger South Senatorial District challenging the eligibility of Hon. Baba Shehu Agaie.<\/p>\n
In a ruling delivered on the Wednesday 16th September 2026, following the resumed hearing into the lawsuit filed at the court by the former Minister of Sport Mr. Abdulrahman Hassan Gimba, who is the plaintiff in the lawsuit, Justice Mohammed Barau Saidu, ruled that the first defendant\/Applicant’s statement of Defence in the lawsuit was filed out of time hence struck it out.<\/p>\n
Justice Mohammed Barau held that the practice direction of the Federal High Court does not provide for extension of time to file Statement of Defence after the statutory 10 days provided by the Practice Direction guiding such a lawsuit. <\/p>\n
He further declared that the first defendant had not filed their statement of defence within the stipulated period of time as provided in the Federal High Court Practice direction,\u201dthe Applicant’s statement of Defence is hereby struckout\u201d<\/p>\n
The former Minister of Sport, Mr. Abdulrahman Gimba, had approached the Federal High Court through his team of Attorneys led by Adamu Umar,Esq, challenging the nomination of Alhaji Baba Shehu \u00c0gaie,by the African Democratic Congress ADC as the candidate of the Niger South Senatorial Zone in 2027 election.<\/p>\n
Baba Shehu \u00c0gaie,was the leader of the State chapter of the ADC when he was nominated to contest the Senatorial seat of the Niger South Senatorial District. <\/p>\n
There was no primary election conducted by the State chapter of the party,which prompted the lawsuit against the ADC and Baba Shehu \u00c0gaie by the former Minister Abdulrahaman Hassan Gimba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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