Supreme court sacks Shekarau as senator-elect | TheCable
The apex court removed Ibrahim Shekarau, a former Kano governor, who was earlier nominated by NNPP and declared winner of the election.the All Progressives Congress for the NNPP after months of leadership tussle with Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano.Owing to his defection from NNPP, the party moved to replace him with Hanga, a former senator.by the Independent National Electoral Commission , the former Kano governor was listed as the NNPP candidate.
The federal high court and appeal court ruled in favour of NNPP while affirming the nomination of Hanga as the party’s candidate.On Friday, the apex court ruled that the electoral body’s appeal lacked merit and substance, and as such, dismissed it.THE ELECTION SAGATijani Darma, the returning officer, said Shekarau polled 456,787 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Abdulkarim Zaura of APC who polled 168,677 votes.
Yusuf Atta, an agent of APC, asked INEC to declare Abdulkarim Zaura, the APC candidate who came second, as the winner because Shekarau did not participate in the election.However, the returning officer told the party agents to report their complaints to INEC and the election tribunal.
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