The absence of Mr Wilfred Okoi who is the Counsel to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in the legal tussle which had been challenging the validity of Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy as the Peoples Democratic Party PDP flag bearer in the 2023 general election on Wednesday has completely stalled the hearing of the suit on Wednesday.
Okoi who was at the Federal High Court early in the day had been said to have suddenly developed an illness and had to hurriedly leave the courtroom.
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A PDP chieftain, Newgent Ekamon, who had also instituted the suit alongside Wike had also informed Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed that the joint lawyer had to leave when his health challenges had deteriorated. Ekamon pleaded with the Judge to grant an adjournment in view of the development.
PDP National Legal Adviser, Mr Adeyemi Kamaldeen Ajibade, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN did not object to the request for adjustment on the ground that anybody can fall sick at any time.
Justice Mohammed subsequently fixed October 7 for the hearing of the suit.
Wike had sued PDP, its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar; Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal over the conduct of the presidential primary of the party held in Abuja on May 28 and May 29, 2022.
In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022, Wike and the PDP chieftain, Newgent Ekamon, are the two plaintiffs.
In the originating summons, PDP is listed as the first respondent while the Independent National Electoral Commission is the 2nd respondent.
In another report, Abubakar Atiku who is the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has openly expressed his confidence and boasted that the opposition party will be winning over Lagos State in the coming 2023 general elections.
Atiku had also made this assertion on Tuesday in Lagos while he had been speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting with party members, leaders and candidates for various positions in the forthcoming elections.
The former vice president said he was marvelled by the level of turn out of party members in Lagos State ahead of the 2023 general elections.
“Now, in all my political career, we are the people who established PDP, I have never seen Lagos state mobilized like this.
“This makes me believe that this electoral time, PDP is going to win Lagos. I believe you are going to win Lagos state this time around,” the former vice president said.
Abubakar urged the party stakeholders to work harder to achieve the feat.