Illegal primary: PDP cannot field senatorial candidate for Adamawa central, court rules | TheCable

A federal high court in Adamawa has ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party cannot field any candidate for Adamawa central senatorial district in the 2023 general election.Awwal Tukur,The other aspirants who participated in the primary included D.D. Azura, Mohammed Modibbo, Ibrahim Mustapha, Ibrahim Abubakar,Dissatisfied with the primary’s result, Modibbo filed a lawsuit challenging the conduct of the election.

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.

“This is the consequential judgment of the court, against the entire political party and its members.”

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