The Federal High Court in Yola, Adamawa State, on Friday, nullified the candidature of Aishatu Ahmed as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state.
Based on Suit FHC/YL/CS/12/2022 filed by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the court ruling declared Binani’s candidature invalid and unlawful.
Justice Abdulaaziz Anka had arrived at the judgment after resolving all the issues for consideration, such as whether the participation of delegates from Lamurde council, which failed to conduct special congresses, as required by law, contravened the party’s guidelines and the Electoral Act, as well as allegations of over voting and vote buying as contained in the writ of summons of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the plaintiff in the suit.
In his ruling on the suit challenging the outcome of Adamawa APC governorship primary conducted on May 26, 2022, which had the APC as the 1st defendant, Senator Aishatu Ahmed as second defendant and the Independent National Electoral Commission as 3rd defendant, the judge refused the plea by the plaintiff for a fresh primary to be conducted.
The judge said the nomination of Senator Aishatu Ahmed, popularly known as Binani, was in clear contravention of Section 85 of the Electoral Act. Anka said, “My findings are that there’s non-compliance to the Electoral Act, as well as party guidelines and the constitution because there was manifest over voting, which has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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