The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed July 7 for the commencement of hearing in the suit challenging the emergence of former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party for the 2027 general election.
Justice Mohammed Umar fixed the date on Monday after counsel for the plaintiff, Felix Ipogah, withdrew an ex parte application seeking leave to serve court processes on Duke.
Ipogah told the court that the application had become unnecessary because the former governor had already filed a preliminary objection and supporting affidavit in response to the suit.
Following the withdrawal, Justice Umar struck out the application and directed the plaintiff to serve hearing notices on the three defendants—the PRP, Duke and the Independent National Electoral Commission—ahead of the next hearing.
The suit was filed by an aggrieved PRP presidential aspirant, Yakubu Kingsley, who is seeking to nullify Duke’s emergence as the party’s flagbearer.
