Court Sacks PDP Governorship Candidate, See Why

PDP Governorship Candidate has been sacked by the Court.

Newsone reports that the Court of Appeal sitting in Kano State, northern Nigeria, has sacked Mohammed Abacha as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate in Kano.

This online news platform understands that the court on Friday, February 10, 2023, set aside the judgment of a High Court that recognized Abacha as the Kano PDP Governorship Candidate.

Kano PDP Governorp Candidate, Mohammed Abacha

The court also ordered that Sadiq Wali, who was earlier recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, remains a valid governorship candidate.

Delivering the anonymous judgment, Justice Usman Musale-led three-man panel held that Abachi had no locus standi to challenge the primary that produced Wali since he never participated in the Kano PDP primary election.