2023 Guber Polls: Court nullifies Adamawa APC primary, disqualifies candidate
Story from Abdulaziz JAURO, Yola
A Federal High Court sitting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has on Friday disqualified the All Progressives Congress (APC) from fielding a governorship candidate for the 2023 elections.
Justice A.M Anka in his ruling which lasted for over an hour disqualified the party’s candidate, Aishatu Dahiru Ahmad (Binani) and asked her to desist from parading herself as the party’s candidate.
Justice ruled that the primary election was void because of the issue of over-voting and fielding of delegates from the Lamurde local government area where a congress was alleged not to have been conducted. He however did not order a fresh primary election.
Recall that Binani during the primary election that was conducted on May 27, 2022, had 430 votes defeating her closest rival, Nuhu Ribadu, who got 288 votes; former governor Umaru Bindow scored 103 votes; Honorable Abdulrazak Namdas got 94 votes, while Safari Theman scored 21 votes and Umar Mustapha got 39.
Ribadu, who came second during the primary election, had dragged the APC Governorship Candidate, Aishatu Binani, APC and INEC before the court, seeking the nullification of the primary election conducted on the 27th May 2022.
He sought the disqualification of Binani or the conduct of fresh party primaries over alleged vote buying, over voting and impasse over Lamurde local government delegates.
