BREAKING: Lawan wins as Supreme Court sacks Machina via politicsngr
The Supreme Court has affirmed Senate president Ahmad Lawan as the All Progressives Congress senatorial candidate for Yobe north.
In a majority judgment delivered on Monday, the apex court allowed the appeal filed by the APC against Bashir Machina’s candidature. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that in the lead judgement, Justice Centus Nweze faulted the approach of Bashir Machina in commencing the suit at the Federal High Court Damaturu division by way of originating summons and without oral evidence to prove allegations of fraud.
Delivering the judgment, three out of a five-member panel agreed with the position of the All Progressives Congress that the suit at the trial court ought not to have commenced via an originating summons since it contained allegations of fraud. “The bedrock of the suit shows that there were allegations of fraudulent practices against the appellants,” the judge said.“Where there is an allegation of fraud it should not be commenced by an originating summons.
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