The court of appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of
Uba Sani as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
for the 2023 election.
Sani, who is the senator representing Kaduna central, was
selected as the party’s consensus candidate during the primary in May.
Not satisfied with the process, Sani Sha’aban, one of the
governorship aspirants, in June, filed a suit in court seeking to invalidate
the process that produced Sani as the APC candidate.
According to him, the election was conducted without legal
delegates.
However, a federal high court in Kaduna had dismissed the
suit on the grounds that it lacked the jurisdiction to hear it.
Mohammed Garba, a federal high court judge, held that the
matter fell under internal party affairs.
Sha’aban, thereafter, filed a suit before the court of
appeal.
The APC, in its preliminary objection, argued that the
appeal is incompetent because the appellant failed to transmit the complete
record of the appeal within 10 days after filing the suit as provided by the
law.
The APC also argued that having left the party, Sha’aban
lacks the locus standi to continue with the suit.
In the judgment delivered in the appeal marked CA/K/262/2022,
a three-member panel of the court of appeal, on Wednesday, struck out the suit
for lacking merit.
Reacting in a statement, the Kaduna chapter of the APC
campaign council lauded the court of appeal for its verdict.
“The APC family is
genuinely happy with the court of appeal judgment and with this victory, the
party is now more focused on the task of winning the 2023 elections at all
levels,” Ibraheem Musa, Kaduna APC director of strategic communications, said
in the statement.
“The verdict has indeed demonstrated that the judiciary is
blind to sentiments and other extraneous considerations. Rather, it is guided
by the constitution, electoral act, and rules of the court.”
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