The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Abubakar Achimugu, seeking to nullify the primary election of the party which produced Usman Ododo as its governorship candidate for the November 11election in the state.

The appeal was dismissed by a panel of Supreme Court justices led by Justice Inyang Okoro.

Achimugu had approached the Federal High Court to disqualify Ododo on the ground that he did not resign his employment with the Kogi State public service 30 days before contesting the governorship primary election.

But the court held that evidence showed that Ododo resigned more than 30 days before participating in the APC primary election and therefore dismissed the suit.

According to the court, exhibits tendered by the defendants showed that while Ododo’s resignation letter was received by the Office of the Kogi State Governor on March 8, that of the 3rd defendant, Salami Deedat was received on March 9.

At the Supreme Court’s hearing of the appeal, Achimugu’s lawyer said that the respondents did not resign their appointments but later agreed that they resigned.

In view of this omission, the appellant’s Counsel was advised to withdraw the appeal, and accordingly, Achimugu withdrew his appeal and the case was dismissed.