The court said the petitioner ought to have taken the case to a Federal High Court within a 14-day window following Shettima’s nomination as APC VP candidate.

The NEC had warned that Kwankwaso would be expelled in line with the provisions of the NNPP’s constitution if he failed to appear before the committee.

He told his audience that he is on a rescue mission to right the wrong of the past seven years.

Governor Obaseki said the performance of the PDP in Saturday’s council election was proof of the party’s dominance.

The relationship between the two collapsed following Shaibu’s alleged clandestine plots to undermine the authority of the governor.

He said the party will open functional offices in 8,813 wards.

“What I am seeing is one political aspirant, who became a presidential candidate by accident. He became a presidential candidate by hijacking another party.”

“When did Wike become the champion of the south? Was it after his bid to be Vice President to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was rejected?”

He said PDP must apologise to him and other aggrieved party members as a condition for peace to return to the party.

He expressed disappointment at the silence of the African Union in the unfolding development.

He said nobody owns the party.

Kwankwaso was accused of meeting Tinubu, Atiku and Obi without the BoT’s permission.

“We know the deputy governor is ambitious and wants to be the governor. Good luck to him. No one is stopping him. But you do not bring your house down to feed your ego.”

They have stolen what is not for them and they will not sleep until we recover it all,” he said.

The opposition party says the life expectancy of Nigerians has dropped since the beginning of the APC regime.

In the absence of the verification, you can just win an election and it will become short-lived because at the point of receiving the crown or after receiving the crown, the nullifies it”

The opposition claimed there had been widespread vote-rigging while international observers said the vote fell short of democratic standards.

The minister said rather than delving into narratives which do not provide the complete picture, Obaseki should focus on how the Edo State government would be using available resources to drive impactful projects.

He said most of the new ministers had no records of performance, as Tinubu chose them merely because of politics rather than governance.

“You don’t leave everything to chance. We have to be prepared. Anything can happen.”