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Atiku Gate: PDP Candidate Asks Code of Conduct Bureau To Dismiss APC Chieftain's Suit, Gives Reason

Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 9:43 AM by Bada Yusuf

Atiku Abubakar, the PDP candidate in the just concluded presidential election, has urged the CCB to dismiss the petition before it against him
Through his lawyers, Atiku said the suit is sub judice because Festus Keyamo, who filed the suit, had also filed it at the federal high court in Abuja
Prof Mike Ozekhome, Atiku's lead counsel, described Keyamo's move as highly inappropriate and it is tantamount to taking an extra-judicial step

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FCT, Abuja - Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, has asked the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to drop its investigation against him.

According to Channels Television, Atiku, through his lawyers, said the CCB should drop the petition filed by the minister of state for labour and employment and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Festus Keyamo.

Why Atiku wants CCB to dismiss Keyamo's petition against him

They made the demand in a letter dated April 7, stating that the petition is sub judice because the APC chieftain has also filed the matter at the federal high court in Abuja.

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Prof Mike Ozekhome, the lead counsel to Atiku, said Keyamo's action is "highly inappropriate" because a party to a suit cannot take any extra-judicial step or embark on any course of action that is either calculated to or tantamount to undermine the integrity and authority of the court.

Ozekhome said the minister's action was a condemnable behaviour that has the potential of over-reaching the court.

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The statement reads in part:

“Upon being served with the originating process in the said suit, our client – through us – promptly responded by filing a Statement of Defence as well as a Preliminary Objection thereto.”