APC primary: Aspirant takes party to court over disqualification

All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for Plateau North senatorial ticket in the just concluded party primaries, Gyang Zi  has instituted a suit over his disqualification from the primary election at the Federal High Court sitting in Jos.

Our correspondent reports that the plaintiff and two other aspirants were disqualified to participate in the primary just few days to the exercise.

The suit, filed before the Jos Judicial Division of the Federal High Court, is marked FHC/J/CS/44/2026 and lists Gyang Y. Zi as the plaintiff, while the Incorporated Trustees of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are named as defendants.

Proceedings scheduled for Monday, July 14th , 2026, did not proceed to substantive hearing after counsel to the plaintiff, Edward Pwajok (SAN), a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Plateau State, made an oral application seeking an adjournment.

Pwajok informed the court that the defendants had recently served the plaintiff with their Joint Statement of Defence, dated July 9th , 2026, explaining that the plaintiff remained within the period prescribed by the court rules to file a reply to the issues raised in the defence.

According to the plaintiff’s counsel, the plaintiff required the opportunity to provided under the rules of court to respond appropriately before the matter could proceed to hearing.

He consequently urged the court to grant a fresh date for the filing of the reply.

Counsel to the defendants, N. A. Deriem, Esq., who represented both defendants, told the court that he had no objection to the application for adjournment, acknowledging the procedural circumstances surrounding the service of the defence processes.

After listening to both parties, the court granted the application and adjourned the matter until September 28th , 2026, when it is expected that all pleadings would have been completed, paving the way for substantive hearing.

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