The court therefore ordered Binani to stop parading herself as the party’s candidate for the 2023 governorship election.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – A Federal High Court sitting in Yola has nullified the Adamawa governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) which produced Sen. Aishatu Binani as the party’s 2023 gubernatorial candidate.
The court therefore ordered Binani to stop parading herself as the party’s candidate for the 2023 governorship election.
Her fellow contender for the APC governorship ticket, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had approached the court to nullify the primary over alleged irregularities.
Binani scored 430 votes to defeat Ribadu, who polled 288 votes in the election.
In his ruling, Justice Abdulaaziz Anka said the APC had no candidate for the 2023 governorship election in the state as the governorship primary election held on May 26, 2022 was marred with over voting and not compliant with the 2022 Electoral Act and the party’s constitution.
Reacting to the judgement, the Defence Counsel, Sam Tomi (SAN) said they would study and appeal the judgment.
“Our responsibility now is to study the judgment and take a necessary step but one thing I can assure you is that we will appeal the judgment,” he said.
Also, Counsel to the APC, Sule Abdul said the party would study the judgment holistically to decide on the next line of action.
He said that they have the right to appeal which is a constitutional matter.