Rotimi Amaechi and Atiku Abubakar
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday struck out a suit filed by former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi challenging the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 election,
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court struck out the suit after Mr Amaechi, the transport minister during the immediate past administration of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, withdrew it through his lawyer.
This development followed Atiku’s choice of Mr Amaechi, who emerged second in the ADC’s presidential primary election held in June, as his running mate.
Mr Amaechi’s lawyer, Jibrin Okutepa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), informed the court on Friday that an application for the discontinuance of the case had been filed after the parties settled their differences.
