By Bukola Olasanmi
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by the PDP on the lingering legal battle on the nomination of its governorship candidate in Ogun.
Justice Ibrahim Saulawa in a judgment delivered held that it was wrong of the Federal High Court in Abuja to have declined jurisdiction when in actual fact the constitution of the country conferred jurisdiction on it.
In a unanimous judgment of a five-man panel of the apex court, it was ordered that the suit be returned to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for reassignment to another judge.
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Justice Saulawa upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which had earlier directed that the suit be heard afresh by another judge.
The apex court ordered that the suit be expeditiously heard and fully determined within the time allowed by law.