Kashim Shettima’s selection as Vice President candidate by President Bola Tinubu was challenged in a case filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), but it was dismissed by the Presidential Election case Tribunal in Abuja.
Shettima was already a candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Borno Central Senatorial District, thus the APM petitioned the court to rule that they should be disqualified from the 2023 presidential election. After all, he was proposed by the president.
Justice Haruna Tsammani ruled that Shettima’s nomination could only be challenged by members of the APC who also contested for the position the vice president was holding.
Haruna Simon Tsammani delivered the judgment after deliberating with other members of the panel of justices. They are Justice Stephen Jonah Adah, Justice Mistura Bolaji-Yusuf, Justice Boloukuoromo Moses Ugo and Justice Abba Bello Mohammed.
The petition of the APC is considered an abuse of the court process because it has been heard before in another court and was not filed between the designated period on election matters.
Court says APM lacks locus standi to challenge Tinubu, Shettima, APC
According to Justice Tsamman, the APM did not have the locus standi to challenge the nomination of Shettima as the All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election.
Four lawyers representing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the hearing on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Allied Peoples Movement (APM), in a suit number CA/PEPC/04/2023, sought the nullification of Tinubu’s election on the grounds of the double nomination of the Vice-Presidential candidate of the APC and Shettima.