* Notifies commission of Appeal Court ruling
Following the ruling of an Appeal court in Sokoto, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) has submitted the list of candidates
from Zamfara State that will take part in the general election to
the Independent National Electoral Commission.
While confirming the move in an interview with journalists at
the APC headquarters in Abuja Wednesday night, the Governor of
Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, said the party acted based on the
latest ruling of the Appeal Court sitting in Sokoto which he
claimed upheld the earlier judgement of the Zamfara State High
Court ordering INEC to accept the party’s candidates.
Yari said: “We in Zamfara State are happy at the development
because we knew that we did the right thing and conducted our
primaries.”
He said the Appeal Court had only reaffirmed the position of the
lower court in Zamfara State.
Also confirming the development, the APC National Legal Adviser,
Babatunde Ogala, said the party had officially forwarded the ruling
of the Appeal Court to INEC for consideration.
“What we owe INEC is to officially notify it of the new ruling
of the Appeal Court on the Zamfara State matter which is what we
have done. We have forwarded copies of the court order to INEC and
for it to reflect the names of our already submitted candidates on
the ballot paper when the election starts on Saturday,” he
said.