A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has refused the request by a governorship aspirant, George Moghalu, to join the caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor Mai Mala Buni as a defendant in a suit challenging the emergence of Andy Uba as the party’s candidate in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State.
Moghalu, had made the request in the suit he filed marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/648/2021.
In the suit, Moghalu contended that the APC did not comply with the relevant provisions of the Electoral Act 2010 and the party’s regulations and guidelines in the conduct of its governorship primary which took place on June 26, 2021.
However, ruling on the matter on Thursday, Justice Ahmed Mohammed held that the plaintiff’s request to join Buni as a party to the suit was without merit, because the APC acting Chairman is not a necessary party.
Justice Mohammed noted that the plaintiff made no complaint against Buni in the suit.
He therefore held that where there is no complaint made against a person or an entity in a suit, there is no need to join such a person or entity in the suit.
He said the suit by Moghalu could be effectively determined without him being joined as a party.
