The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has dismissed a suit challenging the conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives primary election for Egbeda/Ona-Ara Federal Constituency, awarding ₦2 million in damages to Hon. Akin Alabi.
The suit, marked FHC/IB/CS/63/2026, was instituted by Ashimiu Afeez Adio against the All Progressives Congress and two others, challenging the conduct and outcome of the party’s primary election for the constituency.
Delivering judgment, the court, presided over by Hon. Justice Agomoh, dismissed the suit and awarded 2 million naira in favour of Alabi, one of the defendants in the case.
The judgment brings the legal challenge to the APC primary election before the court to an end and marks a significant development in the dispute over the party’s nomination process in Egbeda/Ona-Ara Federal Constituency.
Reacting to the outcome, the Director-General of the Akin Alabi Campaign Organisation, Adebowale Amoo, welcomed the judgment, describing it as a positive development.
He said the organisation respects the judiciary and urged party members and supporters to put the legal dispute behind them, embrace unity and remain focused on the task ahead.
The judgment settles the suit brought by Adio challenging the primary election that produced Alabi as the APC candidate for Egbeda/Ona-Ara Federal Constituency ahead of the 2027 general election.
