The highest court in Nigeria has dismissed the case filed by the Peoples Democratic Party which says that Kashim Shettima who is the deputy of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress should not be Tinubu’s deputy when they claim the position of president of Nigeria.

The Independent National Electoral Commission announced Bola Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 Nigerian presidential election.

The PDP documents were based on the fact that Shettima obtained a document to run for the position of parliament and also obtained a document to run for office as the president of Nigeria which they said was against the Nigerian constitution.

Instead, the highest court in Nigeria in Abuja struck him down as a case.

The top court judges said that the PDP party has no right to focus on how other political parties organize their affairs including how they choose who will claim their position of government.

“No matter how any political party organizes the process of electing their successor in any election, it does not apply to any other political party. The only thing other parties can do is to sit and watch, but they have no power. even to file a lawsuit regarding the selection process,” the judges said.

“Section 285(14)(c) of the Nigerian constitution empowers political parties to challenge the decision of Inec if Inec disqualifies their member from running for any position in the election.”

This means that the complaint brought by the PDP to the court is baseless and has failed.