to revoke the senatorial ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate of Borno Central in the 2023 National Assembly election, Mohammed Kumalia.
Mr Tatabe, however, went to court to challenge his replacement. He claimed that his signature was forged by those who presented his alleged letter of resignation from the race to INEC. Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress in Borno State also filed a separate suit at the Federal High Court in Maiduguri to challenge the candidature of Mr Kumalia insisting that he was not part of the primaries that produced the original opponent of their candidate, Kaka-Shehu Lawan, a former Attorney-General of Borno State.
The judge in his ruling said what INEC did was “very wrong” because they don’t have the right to accept a candidate that did not participate in a primary election as a candidate of the party.