The Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Natasha Akpoti, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi, against Governor Yahaya Bello, for lacking in locus standi.
Delivering judgement on Monday, Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that the alleged offence was criminal and not a civil case which could be instituted by an individual.
The judge declared that the plaintiff had no legal right to institute the case.
Justice Ekwo had on December 6, 2019, fixed January 20 to deliver judgment in the suit seeking Bello’s disqualification over alleged double registration as a voter.
