It is cases where the courts are disqualifying an entire political party and its aspirants, including the one who filed the cases in court that are raising
In Rivers, Adamawa, Taraba, Akwa Ibom and Abia, all states ruled by PDP, the courts have either disqualified the governorship candidates of the APC or cancelled the party primaries.
Some lawyers, who spoke following the nullification of some party primaries across the country, said the courts have the powers to intervene in internal affairs of political parties where there are irregularities. “As the law is being tested in court, democracy grows. Some of these cases that are decided in court one way or the other enhance jurisprudence. There is no way we can grow in the practice of democracy in the country, if the court is not allowed to determine some of these cases”, he said.
He said: “What happened in that case in Rivers State is actually going to be a repetition of what happened in 2019. The electoral space is supposed to give all existing political parties a level of competition. “Even if they are not there, the structure there will actually work for their presidential candidate. The only thing that will happen is that if they are not on ground, the state candidates will not participate.”The deputy chairman of the PDP, Hon. Mukhtar Lugga disclosed that another motion was filed for a stay of execution of the Federal High Court order banning the party’s gubernatorial candidate from contesting the 2023 election.
The appeals were instituted by Nuhu Ribadu, Aishatu Binani and the leadership of the party in the state. Dikko alleged that the lower court erred in law for declining to order a fresh primary even after finding out that the primary election was replete with overvoting in clear violation of the party’s guidelines.
Justice Abdulaaziz Anka, in his ruling, also refused the plea for a fresh primary, holding that the APC, by the court judgment, had no candidate for the 2023 governorship election. “The first defendant cannot field a candidate for the 2023 general elections; the primary election is invalid, and the court therefore sees the return of Aishatu Ahmed Binani as unlawful. The plea for fresh elections is hereby refused.”Abia State legal adviser of the All Progressives Congress , Barr Virgilus Nwankwo has said that Ikechi Emenike remains the APC governorship candidate in the state in the eyes of the law.
Speaking further, he said both Emenike and the APC had filled their appeal against the judgement which favoured the former minister of state for mines and steel development.For former Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, his fate to return to the Senate hangs in the balance, except otherwise decided in his favour at the Supreme Court.
He said that though a lawyer by profession, he had since instructed his fellow colleagues to approach the Supreme Court for proper interpretation of the contentious issues for final determination. But Udofia has also told his lawyers to approach the Appellate Court for redress, arguing that he was given a waiver to cross into the APC and contest the primary by APC.The Damaturu Division of the Federal High Court affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the APC senatorial candidate for Yobe North.
APC had approached the appellate court asking it to set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court, Damaturu, which declared Machina the rightful senatorial candidate of the party for Yobe North. LEADERSHIP Weekend recalls that on September 29, president of the Senate, Dr Ibrahim Ahmad Lawan had said he accepted the judgement of the court which disqualified his candidacy and participation in the elections.
Delivering the judgement, Justice Fadima Aminu directed the APC to conduct fresh primary elections for the affected positions within 14 days.6 PDP Candidates Disqualified In Kebbi It was the same thing that happened to Senator Yahaya Abdullahi who represents Argungu/Augie district. Senator Yahaya, a former Senate leader, beat Hon Sani Bawa Argungu in the PDP primary election, but Bawa sued him before a federal high court in Birnin Kebbi and the court sacked Senator Abdullahi.
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