The governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance,
APGA, in Zamfara State, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, has asked the state’s
Governorship and State House of Assembly Elections Petitions
Tribunal sitting in Abuja to nullify the governorship election
conducted in the state on March 9 and order for a fresh election
without the participation of All Progressives Congress, APC and its
candidate, Mukhta Idris.
Shinkafi in the petition by his counsel, Ifeanyi Mbaeri, is
contending that “Pursuant to section 87(1) of the Electoral Act
2010 as amended, a political party seeking to sponsor or nominate
candidates for elections under this section shall hold primaries
for aspirants to all elective positions.
“In other words, by the combined provisions of the 1999
Constitution (as amended) and Electoral Act 2010 (as amended),
sponsorship of candidates for elective positions is only through
the holding of primaries.
Citing Section 140(2) of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended,
Shinkafi noted: “Where an election tribunal or court nullifies an
election on the ground that the person who obtained the highest
votes at the election was not qualified to contest the election or
marred by substantial irregularities or non-compliance with the
provisions of this act, the election tribunal or court shall not
declare the person with the second highest number of votes or any
other person as elected, but shall order a fresh election.”
He contended that Idris cited in the suit as the 1st respondent
was, as at the time of the Zamfara State governorship election, not
qualified to contest the election on the grounds that he was not a
sponsored candidate of a political party and was, therefore, not
qualified for election to the office of the governor of a
state.
The petitioners further averted that by the combined provisions
of 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act 2010 (as
amended), sponsorship of governorship candidate is only through the
holding of primary elections otherwise known as Special Congress in
the state capital with delegates voting for aspirants of their
choice.
The petitioner maintained that the 2nd respondent, APC, did not
hold any primary election in Zamfara State or Special Congress
wherein the 1st respondent was nominated/sponsored as the
governorship candidate of the 2nd respondent for the Zamfara State
governorship election that took place on March 9, 2019.
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