Election debate: Sowore drops suit against John Momoh

The Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC),
Mr Omoyele Sowore on Tuesday informed an FCT High Court sitting in
Jabi that he was dropping the suit filed against, John Momoh.

Momoh is the Chief Executive Officer of Channels Television.

On Dec. 19, 2018, Sowore had filed the suit through his lawyer
Mr Inibehe Effiong, against the Nigeria Election Debate Group
(NEDG), over the exclusion of his party from the Vice-Presidential
Debate held on Dec. 14.

Other respondents in the suit are Broadcasting Organisations of
Nigeria (BON) and its Chairman, Momoh.

At the resumed hearing of the matter, Effiong informed the court
through an application that the party was withdrawing the suit
against Momoh due to its inability to serve him hearing notice.

However, he appealed that on no circumstance should the name of
Sowore be removed from the Jan. 19, Presidential Debate.

Subsequently, Justice Danlami Senchi granted the application in
accordance with Section 24 of Rules 1 and 2 of the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT) High court.

Senchi equally struck Momoh’s name out from the suit and
referred the case file back to the Chief Judge of the FCT, Justice
Ishaq Bello for reassignment and awarded a cost of N5, 300 against
Sowore.

The judge had earlier handled the case as the vacation judge for
the Christmas and New Year period.

The suit was filed against all the parties in charge of the Vice
Presidential Debate held in Dec. 14, 2018 over the exclusion of Mr
Rabiu Rufai, the Vice Presidential candidate of AAC.