UPDATED: Court nullifies Gov. Ganduje led faction Congresses in Kano

UPDATED: Court nullifies Gov. Ganduje led faction Congresses in Kano

POLITICS DIGEST- A federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has nullified the congresses of the Kano State All Progressive Congress (APC) conducted by the Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje led faction on Tuesday.

The presiding judge, Justice Hamza Muazu upheld the congresses conducted by the Senator Ibrahim Shekarau led faction of the party.

The Judge ruled that the Shekarau led faction, ”tagged G-7” conducted election that was signed by the 7- man committee of the APC.

POLITICS DIGEST  reports that the Applicants in the suit are Muntaka Bala Sulyman with 17, 980 members of the party while the defendants are All Progressive Congress, as first defendant, Mai- Mala Buni , Caretaker Chairman, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary and Independent National Electoral Commission, as the fourth defendant.

The court held that all the congresses conducted by the Ibrahim Shekarau led faction is valid.

The applicants were represented by Barr. Nuraini Jimoh, SAN and the defendants were represented by Barr. Sule Usman, SAN, M.N. Duru and Mashood Alabelewe.

Below are the relief sought and granted by the court:

1. DECLARATION THAT the Plaintiffs are the duly, valid, proper, by the defendants authentic and democratically elected and ought to be recognized by the Defendants as the:
   1. 27 elected ward executive committee members for each of the 484 Wards in Kano State;
   2. 5-elected Ward delegates for or to each of the 44-Local Government Areas; and
   3. 5 – elected Ward delegates per ward for or to the State Party Congress

of the 1^st Defendant party for all the wards and local governments areas in Kano State in the Ward congress election conducted by the 1^st – 8^th Defendants and supervised by the 9^th Defendant on the 31^st July, 2021;

2. DECLARATION THAT the 1^st Defendant’s summary result sheets showing the Plaintiffs as:
   1. 27 elected ward executive committee members for each of the 484 Wards in Kano State;
   2. 5-elected Ward delegates for or to each of the 44-Local Government Areas; and
   3. 5 – elected Ward delegates per Ward for or to the State Party Congress of the 1^st Defendant;

 are the valid, proper, authentic and democratic results of the various Ward congress elections in Kano State to be adopted, recognized and relied upon by the Defendant headquarters in Abuja? 

3. DIRECTING the Defendants to adopt, recognize and rely on the summary result sheet for Ward Congress, elected delegates and State Delegates submitted at the 1^st Defendant’s Office in FCT, Abuja consisting of the Plaintiffs’ names as the only valid and authentic delegates qualified to participate in the forthcoming primary elections of the 1^st Defendant;
4. NULLIFYING, voiding and or setting aside any other list of any other report/ directives given by the Defendants on 9^th August 2021 or any other date, other than the valid, proper and authentic summary result sheets for Ward Congress, Elected Delegates and State Delegates of Kano State consisting of the Plaintiffs’ names as the duly, valid and democratically elected Ward Executive Committees, Ward Delegates to the Local Government Areas and Ward delegates to the State Party Congress of the 1^st Defendant of Kano State;

5. AN ORDER OF PERPETUAL INJUNCTION restraining the Defendants from receiving, accepting and or acting or purporting to act on, rely on or approving any other list or purported list emanating from other than the duly constituted Ward Congress Committee (WCC) of the 1^st Defendant consisting of the names of the Plaintiffs as the:
   1. 27 elected ward executive committee members for each of the 484 Wards in Kano State;
   2. 5-elected Ward delegates for or to each of the 44-Local Government Areas; and
   3. 5 – Elected Ward delegates per Ward for or to the State Party Congress of the 1^s