New lawsuit challenges Aondoakaa’s eligibility for Benue governorship contest
Plaintiffs have filed a new suit seeking to disqualify former Attorney-General of the Federation Michael Aondoakaa from contesting the Benue governorship, Premium Times reports. They cite an earlier Supreme Court judgment said to have imposed a lifetime ban on him from holding public office.
A new lawsuit is seeking the disqualification of former Attorney-General of the Federation Michael Aondoakaa from contesting the Benue governorship, Premium Times reports. The plaintiffs’ case relies on a previous Supreme Court judgment. According to the report, they say that ruling imposed a lifetime disqualification on Aondoakaa from holding public office.
The supplied material does not identify the court where the new suit was filed, the plaintiffs or the political platform under which Aondoakaa might seek to contest. It also does not state the reliefs requested beyond the reported effort to prevent him from standing in the governorship contest. No details were provided about the earlier Supreme Court case, including its date, the conduct at issue or the precise wording of the judgment.
The available report likewise does not include Aondoakaa’s response or that of any party connected to his proposed candidacy. The dispute places the effect of the previous Supreme Court decision at the centre of the new legal challenge. Whether the cited judgment applies to the proposed governorship contest remains a matter for the relevant judicial process, based on the information available.
Premium Times did not report whether a hearing date had been fixed or whether the court had issued any interim order. The supplied material contains no further procedural details.
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