Breaking: Appeal court sacks Abacha, restores Wali as Kano PDP guber candidate

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kano has sacked Muhammad Abacha as the gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano state.

The appellate court consequentially ordered that Sadiq Wali, who was earlier recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), remains the valid PDP gubernatorial candidate for Kano state.

WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that in December 2022, a Federal High Court sitting in Kano, declared Muhammed Abacha as the Kano PDP governorship flag bearer ahead of the 2023 election.

However, in a consensus judgment of the three-man-panel read by Justice Usman Musale, the court on Friday held that the law is clear that only the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party can conduct the gubernatorial primary elections of a party and since Abacha did not participate at the primary election conducted by NEC that produced Wali and thus had no locus standi to challenge the said primary.