Appeal Court Upholds Nullification Of Zamfara PDP Guber Primary

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto presided over by Justice Muhammad Shuaibu, has dismissed the appeal filed by Zamfara State governorship candidate of

People Democratic Party , Dr Dauda Lawal, nullifying his candidature in the State’s governorship election in 2023.

In an unanimous judgement by the three panel of Justices, Justice Shuaibu said the appeal was an abuse of judicial process and lacked merit. Shuaibu further explained that the apeallant has no right to appeal the judgement he has already complied with. He noted that the appeal was an academic exercise and therefore awarded N100,000 cost against the appeallant to be paid to the respondents.

Recalled that Ibrahim Shehu, another PDP gubernatorial aspirant in Zamfara dtate had challenged the emergence of Dr Dauda Lawal as PDP governorship candidate on the premise that, the primary election that returned Dr Lawal was marred with irregularities and non-compliance with Electoral Act 2022 and PDP guidelines.

 

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