By Onyewuchi Ojinnaka
Justice Chuka Obiozor of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday dismissed the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Pary (PDP) seeking to disqualify the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Adetokunbo Abiru from representing the zone.
In a five-hour judgement delivered on Monday, Justice Obiozor upheld the argument canvassed by Abiru’s lawyer, Mr Kemi Pinheiro,(SAN), that the PDP’s case was statute-barred.
The judge also disagreed with the PDP’s argument made through its counsel Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cannot transfer a voter’s registration details.
Abiru won the last December 5 senatorial bye-election by a landslide, polling 89,204 votes against the PDP’s Ademola Gbadamosi, who polled 11,257 votes.
The APC chieftain has since been sworn into at the Senate.