The Supreme Court has struck out the suit filed by Senator Magnus Abe on the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state.
In an unanimous judgment read on Monday, April 8, by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Ibrahim Mohammed, the apex court dismissed the application on the basis that it lacks merit,
The court also noted that the suit is incompetent and a gross violation of orders 2 rule 8 of the supreme court rules.
It held that once a notice of appeal has been found defective, it cannot be amended.
