The Federal High Court, Abuja struck out a suit seeking to uphold the indefinite suspension of Senetor Ireti Kingibe by the Wuse Ward chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Justice Peter Lifu delivering the judgement held that issues relating to discipline and suspension within a political party remained the internal affairs of the party and did not require judicial intervention.
Justice Lifu questioned why the same party officials who suspended the senator approached the court to validate their own action, describing the suit as frivolous, baseless and unfounded.
Invoking Sections 82 and 83 of the Electoral Act, the judge awarded a cost of N10 million against the plaintiffs in favour of Kingibe.
He also imposed an additional N10 million fine on the plaintiffs’ counsel for filing what he described as a frivolous suit, with the sum equally payable to the senator.
Recall that Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the Senate, was allegedly suspended on March 10 by the Wuse Ward Executives.
