The supreme court has affirmed Senate President Ahmad Lawan
as the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Yobe north.
In a majority judgment delivered on Monday, the apex court
allowed the appeal filed by the APC against Bashir Machina’s candidature.
Delivering the judgment, three out of a five-member panel
agreed with the position of the APC that the suit at the trial court ought not
to have commenced via an originating summons since it contained allegations of
fraud.
“The bedrock of the suit shows that there were allegations
of fraudulent practices against the appellants,” Centus Nweze said.
“That the 1st
respondent accused the APC of fraudulently substituting his name with that of
Lawan.
“Where there is an allegation of fraud it should not be
commenced by an originating summons.
“There was a need to call witnesses to prove allegations of
fraud.”
THE YOBE NORTH
CONTROVERSY
Machina won unopposed during the senatorial primary
organised by the party in May 2022.
But the senate president was said to have participated in
another primary organised by the APC after he contested the presidential ticket
unsuccessfully in June.
Machina was reportedly asked to step down for Lawan but he
insisted that he is the rightful candidate.
Amid the controversy, the APC submitted the senate
president’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the
candidate for Yobe north.
The electoral commission subsequently refused to list any
candidate for the district.
Aggrieved, Machina instituted a suit asking the court to
declare him as the authentic senatorial candidate.
In September 2022, a federal high court in Damaturu, the
Yobe capital, ordered the APC and INEC to recognise Machina as the candidate.
A month later, an Abuja court of appeal affirmed Machina’s
election as the candidate of the APC for the Yobe north senatorial district.
Still not satisfied, the APC appealed the appellate court’s
judgment.
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What a stupid judge and his judgment. someone who isn't in the primary is now the affirmed candidate? Some people will die in a mysterious ways for their atrocities
ReplyDeleteThis nation is finished...even the judiciary is left with no shame
ReplyDeleteLet's just keep watching them and see how they will come back to power and as for the Judiciary, it's nothing but, show of same. God will surely judge them too.
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