The scheduled hearing of a suit seeking to disqualify Mr Osagie Ize - iyamu as the All Progressives Congress ’ governorship candidate in the forthcoming September 19 election in Edo State was on Tuesday stalled at the Federal High Court, Abuja .
The suit was filed by the Peoples Democratic Party , which alleged that Ize -Iyamu was not validly nominated as the APC’ s candidate .
The PDP alleged that Ize - Iyamu did not emerge from a valid primary election .
Ize - Iyamu , APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission are the respondents to the suit .
However , at the mention of the case before Justice Ahmed Mohammed on Tuesday, PDP ’ s counsel , Mr Ferdinand Orbih ( SAN ) , said he was ready for the hearing in the case until he was served a notice of preliminary objection by the APC, which he needed to respond to .
INEC ’ s counsel , Mr Alhassan Umar ( SAN ) , and Ize - Iyamu ’ s lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun ( SAN) , said they would also want to respond to the preliminary objection .
The APC, in the notice of preliminary objection , sought an order for striking out the suit.
Among other grounds , the application was predicated upon the claim that the suit cannot be heard during the court ’ s vacation period .
The suit was originally filed at the Benin Division of the court but was later moved to the Abuja Division .
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