“Internal Party Affairs” — Court Declines Jurisdiction, Dismisses Action Alliance Case Against INEC, Says No Power To Intervene In Party Leadership Dispute

“Internal Party Affairs” — Court Declines Jurisdiction, Dismisses Action Alliance Case Against INEC, Says No Power To Intervene In Party Leadership Dispute

The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has struck out the suit filed by the Kenneth Udeze led leadership of the Action Alliance (AA) and the party’s governorship candidate for Ekiti State, Ayo Ougunlade and his deputy, Aluta Opeyemi Enitan against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Emeka Nwite in a judgment declined jurisdiction to entertain the suit on the grounds that the subject matter patterns to the internal…