A five-member panel of the Supreme Court ruled that Farouk Aliyu’s appeal challenging the emergence of Umar Namadi as the governorship candidate of the APC in Jigawa State in the 2023 election 'lacked merit.'
A former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Aliyu, challenged the APC primary election held on 26 May which produced Mr Namadi as the party’s governorship flagbearer for the 11 March poll.
“The appellant failed to prove the declarative reliefs he sought. This appeal lacks merit and it is hereby dismissed,” Ibrahim Saulawa who read the lead judgement by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, said. The appellate court in Kano had upheld Mr Namadi’s nomination as the governorship candidate of the APC in Jigawa State for the 11 March governorship poll.
Meanwhile, Mr Namadi challenged a portion of the Court of Appeal judgement upturning the trial court’s decision that Mr Aliyu lacked the right to have filed the suit which did not qualify as a pre-election case.In arguing the appeal on Thursday, Mr Namadi’s lawyer, Lateef Fagbemi, urged the Supreme Court to dismiss Mr Aliyu’s suit and allow his client’s cross-appeal
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