ABUJA:  The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a lawsuit aiming to force the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognize and publish the names of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Interim National Working Committee, led by Kabiru Turaki.

In a Friday judgment, Justice Salim Ibrahim ruled that the plaintiffs, headed by PDP Board of Trustees Chairman Senator Adolphus Wabara, lacked the necessary legal standing to file the suit. Consequently, the court struck out the case due to a lack of jurisdiction.

The court upheld the preliminary objections raised by INEC, as well as similar objections from other parties seeking involvement in the matter. Justice Ibrahim concluded that the plaintiffs failed to prove either that INEC had acknowledged the purported Interim National Working Committee or that they possessed the legal authority to sue on behalf of the PDP.