The Supreme Court has dismissed the bid by Governor Amunu Waziri Tambuwal to stop a court’s action challenging the propriety of his nomination for the 2015 governorship election by the All Progressive Congress (APC).

The Supreme Court held that the nomination of Mr. Tambuwal by his party should be challenged by another governorship aspirant, Umaru Dahiru, on the ground that he has sufficient justifiable cause.

In a unanimous decision of a five-man panel of the Supreme Court Justices, the Apex Court held that to agree with Mr. Tambuwal that the primary election that produced him cannot be challenged by another governorship aspirant is to allow democracy to be murdered by the governor.

In the lead judgement by Justice Musa Mohammed, read by Justice Chima Nweza, the apex court set aside the decision of the court of appeal that the court action instituted by Mr. Dahiru against Mr. Tambuwal had been overtaken by events on the strength of the election of the governor.

The Supreme Court said the Appeal Court erred in law by holding that the event had overtaken the case simply because the governorship election had been conducted after the primary election.

The Apex Court therefore ordered that a Federal High Court in Abuja should retry the case on its merit and make decision as demanded by law.

Mr. Dahiru had challenged the conduct of the primary election that produced Mr. Tambuwal as candidate of APC on the ground that it was fraught with fraud because the original list of the delegate for primary election was swap in favour of Mr. Tambuwal.

By this development, the Federal High Court in Abuja will now determine the matter on its merit as ordered by the Supreme Court.

sarrki:
He's a traitor

DrRasheed:
It is never easy to unsit a sitting Governor...

Kupaskeybaba:
i pray dy send him out of government house

Iam4Atiku:

Yea. But it's better to try. Don't you think?

Iam4Atiku:


Banana. He's APC.
Besides, all my topics you comment first or second made front page. Hope this does too.

DrRasheed:
It is never easy to unsit a sitting Governor...

DrRasheed:
It is never easy to unsit a sitting Governor...

sarrki:


Lol

I am not a party man

I am a patriot

Am sure baba laslasticlala see am it may move to Frontpage

sarrki:
He's a traitor

EnEnPeecee:
i for say make i tear you better slap through my keyboard, but if i do, na cry you go cry go meet mod

hotice01:

You are not a party man(according to you) but we all know you are APC's resident chief zombie(no offense intended).
You are no patriot but APC parrot or rather Tinubu's parrot.

DrRasheed:
It is never easy to unsit a sitting Governor...

sarrki:


Am a patriot

Ask Mr tonyebarcanista & dunkem

hotice01:

one thing I like u for is that u never get angry,aside ur annoying political dispositions sometimes,you are a cool dude and that's the one thing I like about u.

Iam4Atiku:



The Supreme Court said the Appeal Court erred in law by holding that the event had overtaken the case simply because the governorship election had been conducted after the primary election.

The Apex Court therefore ordered that a Federal High Court in Abuja should retry the case on its merit and make decision as demanded by law.

By this development, the Federal High Court in Abuja will now determine the matter on its merit as ordered by the Supreme Court.

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