A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday refused to grant the request of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to remove Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri
Tambuwal from the governorship seat on account of his unlawful defection from the party to the Peoples Democratic Party .
Justice Ekwo said since the judgments of the Court of Appeal holding that governors cannot forfeit their seats on grounds of defection had not been set aside by the Supreme Court, they remained the law and binding on lower courts. APC had in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/449/2022, asked the court to invoke sections 177, 179 and 189 of the 1999 Constitution to declare the governorship seat of Sokoto State vacant on the account of defection by Tambuwal to another party.
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