The Supreme Court has
declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had no candidates in the 2019
general elections in Zamfara state.
The five-member panel of
justices, in a unanimous judgment on Friday, held that the party in the state
failed to conduct primaries in accordance with the party rules.
In the lead judgment by
Justice Paul Adamu Galinji, the apex court held that all votes cast for the APC
as “wasted votes” and declared that all political parties with the second
highest votes in the elections and the required spread, are elected to the
various elections.
The panel also awarded cost
of N10m against APC in favour of the Kabiru Marafa faction of the APC and other
respondents in the appeal.
The justices sounded a note
of warning to politicians against destroying the country’s democracy.
Detail later…
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