2019: Court stops APC, INEC from substituting candidates in Zamfara

macfranc007 October 17, 2018 Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 Adeola Opeyemi

- A Court has granted an interim order restraining all parties involved in Zamfara APC primaries tussle to stay action

- The plaintiffs had also asked the court to direct APC and INEC to recognise the results of the primaries conducted by Zamfara APC

A High Court in Zamfara, on Tuesday, October 16, granted an interim order restraining all parties involved in Zamfara APC primaries tussle to stay action as controversies continue on whether the party would field candidates for 2019 elections or not.

The judgment was handed down by justice Mukhtar Yusha’u of High Court IV, Gusau, Zamfara state.

Daily Trust reports that Barrister Sani Katu, counsel to the plaintiffs who are card carrying members of the party and some senatorial aspirants in the state, said the order implied that the national headquarters of the APC, INEC, the national vice chairman of the party in the North West and their agents could not take any further action.

Katu said: “The respondents, by law, have the statutory period within which to file their processes, but before then, the court was moved by a touch of urgency, that is the need to avoid violence and granted the order.

“So by implication, the position of the court is that all things done from the 3rd to the 7th of October 2018, including the conduct of the primaries and announcement of the election results, are valid and any action taken after October 7, 2018, is a nullity pending the determination of the motion on notice."

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However, counsel to the APC, Barrister PM Lasco, said they were comfortable with the ruling even though they were to file their counter affidavit.

NAIJ.com earlier reported that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said that the ruling party indeed held governorship, National Assembly and state assembly primaries in Zamfara state and will present candidates for the general elections.

His assertion was in response to the statement released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), accusing the APC of not conducting primaries within the time frame stipulated by the electoral commission.

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