The Edo State High Court sitting in Benin, on Friday dismissed a suit demanding the removal of Lawrence Okah as the Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Justice Mary Asemota dismissed the case after the counsel to the claimant, Ifeoma Okpara, informed the court that her client filed a notice of the discontinuance of the case.
The suit, marked No. B/228/26, was instituted by Comrade Curtis Ugbo with the APC, its National Working Committee (NWC), and Okah as respondents.
The claimant had sought judicial intervention over the party’s leadership structure in the state.
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Okah had challenged the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the case and the proceedings was adjourned to May 22.
At the resumed proceeding, Okpara informed the court that the party had met and that she had the authority of the claimant to discontinue the case.
She said they had filed a notice seeking the leave of court to discontinue the case on May 7, predicating the notice of discontinuance on order 23 rule one of the Edo State High Court rule.
The counsel to defendant, Mr Ehiogie West-Idahosa (SAN), leading 17 other lawyers, didn’t oppose the notice of discontinuance but demanded N2 million as cost.
The judge, therefore dismissed the case following the notice of discontinuance by the claimant and awarded N100,000 as cost against the claimant.