Taraba APC primary election suit stalled over absence of defence counsel

Proceedings successful a suit challenging the behaviour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) superior predetermination for the Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency were connected Wednesday stalled astatine the Federal High Court successful Jalingo, Taraba State, pursuing the lack of counsel to the 3rd defendant.

The suit was instituted by an APC pistillate aspirant, Princess Leah Olusiyi Solomon, who is seeking the nullification of the party’s superior predetermination successful the constituency.

Solomon is challenging the result of the workout connected the grounds that the APC superior predetermination was not conducted successful immoderate of the 3 section authorities areas that marque up the constituency—Jalingo, Yorro and Zing.

When the substance came up for hearing, counsel representing the incumbent subordinate of the House of Representatives for the constituency, who is listed arsenic the 3rd suspect successful the case, was absent, making it intolerable for the tribunal to proceed with the hearing.

Consequently, the presiding justice adjourned the substance to July 1, 2026, for further proceedings.

Speaking with journalists soon aft the tribunal session, counsel to the plaintiff, Barrister Pius Danba Pius, expressed astonishment implicit the lack of the 3rd defendant’s lawyer, stressing that each parties had been duly served with the applicable tribunal processes.

“I cannot recognize wherefore the counsel to the 3rd suspect was absent from tribunal contempt having been se...