A federal high court in Adamawa has ruled that the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) cannot field any candidate for Adamawa central
senatorial district in the 2023 general election.
In May, Aminu Iya-Abbas, speaker of the Adamawa state house
of assembly, polled 125 votes to defeat Awwal Tukur, son of the former PDP
national chairman, Bamangar Tukur, who polled 54 votes.
The other aspirants who participated in the primary included
D.D. Azura, Mohammed Modibbo, Ibrahim Mustapha, Ibrahim Abubakar, Daniel Bwala,
and Abdullahi Prambe.
Dissatisfied with the primary’s result, Modibbo filed a lawsuit challenging the conduct of the election.
Specifically, he contended that Tukur, a political appointee
who hadn’t quit his position as chairman of the governing council of Adamawa
State University, ought not to have participated in the process.
Delivering judgment on Monday, Abdulaaziz Anka, the
presiding judge, voided the PDP senatorial primary for Adamawa central.
The judge held that Turkur’s participation violated the
Electoral Act 2022, hence “the entire process is hereby nullified”.
“The only issue
proved before the court is as regards the fourth defendant’s engagement in the
primary election conducted, him being a political appointee, i.e. chairman,
governing council, Adamawa State University, Mubi,” the judge said.
“Accordingly, the entire process is hereby nullified by this
honourable court, the consequence of which the party will not be able to field
a candidate for the general election come 2023 because of substantial
non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2022.
“This is the consequential judgment of the court, against
the entire political party and its members.”
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