AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This Appeal is a fallout of the discord that followed the Primary Election conducted by first Respondent to select its gubernatorial candidate for the 2015 General Election. The third Respondent, who won the said Primaries, is the present Governor of Abia State.
The Appellant and fourth Respondent, who vied for that seat, and who lost to the third Respondent, instituted a number of Suits at various Divisions of the Federal High Court, challenging same.
The Appellants Suit initially filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, was transferred to Federal High Court, Umuahia, and it was again transferred to the Federal High Court, Owerri, [FHC Owerri], where it was given the new Suit number FHC/OW/CS/191/2015.
The fourth Respondent later filed a separate action against the third Respondent at the Federal High Court, Abuja - Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/71/2016. The Appellant applied and was joined as a Defendant to the said fourth Respondent's …