Nigeria, Sept. 30 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to nullify the emergence of former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) for the 2027 general elections.

Justice Mohammed Umar, in his judgment on Wednesday, held that the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1234/2026 and filed by an aggrieved PRP presidential aspirant, Yakubu Kingsley, was statute-barred.

The judge upheld the preliminary objections filed by Duke and the PRP challenging the competence of the suit.

Justice Umar held that the case, being a pre-election matter, was filed outside the timeframe stipulated by the Constitution.

He said the suit was filed on June 10, 16 days after the r...