S'Court to Hear Zamfara APC Suit May 16 - THISDAYLIVE via thisdaylive
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned till May 16, 2019, to commence hearing in the appeals filed by the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara State.
The governor-elect and a faction of the APC in Zamfara, who contested in the 2019 general election, had approached the apex court to set aside the decision of the Sokoto Division of the Court of Appeal which had nullified the primaries that produced them as candidates for the last general election in the state at all levels.
When the matter came up Thursday, Senator Kabiru Marafa’s counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome , who led other respondents in the appeal, sought to move a preliminary objection dated April 30, 2019.He was about arguing his objection when Chief Lateef Fagbemi objected and told the court to order that the objection and the brief of arguments of parties in the matter should be taken together.
The Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division had on March 25, 2019 set aside the judgment delivered by the Zamfara High Court, allowing the All Progressives Congress to field candidates in the 2019 election.
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