ONDO APC PRIMARY: SENATOR JIMOH IBRAHIM WITHDRAWS SUIT AGAINST AIYEDATIWA

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Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo South) on Tuesday said he has withdrawn his suit against the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.

Senator Ibrahim approached the Federal High Court Abuja where he challenged the gubernatorial primary election of the APC held recently in Ondo state.

In a notice of withdrawal filed at the Federal High Court in Aabuja with suit no FHC/ABJ/CS/588/2024, Ibrahim “discontinued the suit against all the defendants in the interest of all concerned”.

Ibrahim, one of the aspirants in the recent governorship primary of the APC in Ondo, had accused the party of jettisoning its guidelines in the conduct of the primary.

The lawmaker, who represents Ondo South in the Senate, had described the primary as a “mega fraud” and filed a suit to annul the primary that returned Aiyedatiwa as the party’s flag bearer in the November poll.

Aiyedatiwa, the All Progressives Congress, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) joined the lawsuit as defendants.

Ibrahim, however, said in a statement released on Tuesday that President Bola Tinubu’s intervention and his promises to strengthen internal democracy inside the APC were the reasons the lawsuit was dropped.

Ibrahim said though efforts by Aiyedatiwa to get him to withdraw the suit seeking to nullify the April 20 APC governorship primary in Ondo State were unsuccessful, “I cannot disobey the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria because the issue am fighting for is not personal. It is simply to improve internal democracy to which the President has promised improvement. My respect for the President is absolute”.

Ibrahim said the withdrawal was his “cake gift” on the occasion of the President’s first anniversary.