KANO PDP GUBER: Court Authenticates The Candidacy Of Abacha's Son
AFNews Reporter
Dec 23, 2022
A former late military dictator's son, Mohammed Abacha has emerged as the authentic governorship candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano state.
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This followed a Federal High Court judgment on Thursday in Kano state in Kano.
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Prior to the verdict, the electoral commission, INEC, published the name of Sadiq Wali, the son of Nigeria's former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, as the PDP governorship candidate.
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The younger Abacha was elected the governorship candidate by a faction of the PDP in the state while Mr Wali emerged as the candidate of another faction of the party.
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However, the trial judge, Abdullahi Liman, in a virtual ruling granted all the prayers of Mr Abacha and restrained Mr Wali from parading himself as Kano PDP gubernatorial candidate.
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The judge also ordered INEC to substitute the name of Mr Wali with that of Mr Abacha with immediate effect being the person who scored the highest votes cast during the PDP primary election conducted in Kano on 25 May.
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The court ruled that the INEC, which is responsible for monitoring any election, supervised and monitored the PDP primary conducted by the Abacha-led faction.
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The judge futher posited that the only election recognised by law is the one which is monitored and supervised by INEC.
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The judge maintained that the inability of the PDP at the national level to notify INEC of the parallel election being conducted by Mr Wali's faction rendered it invalid and illegal according to the Electoral Act 2022 (as amended).
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This is as the party's national leadership recognises the faction which elected Mr Wali.
INEC, which had initially supervised and certified the primary by the pro-Abacha faction, made a U-turn and recognised Mr Wali as the authentic winner.
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Mr Abacha is the son of the late military dictator, Sani Abacha whose loots of the country treasured and funds that have been recovered runs into billions of naira many years after his demise.
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— AFNews Reporter