A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday sacked the All Progressives Congress (APC) executives loyal to Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Delivering the judgement, the court presided over by Justice Hamza Muazu granted all the reliefs sought by the Senator Ibrahim Shekarau faction, banking on the fact that the Ganduje-led group did not conduct ward and local government congresses.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that while the Ganduje-led faction is led by Abdullahi Abbas, the Shekarau faction is piloted by Ahmadu Haruna Zago.
The court upheld the outcome of the parallel congress that produced about 19,000 candidates loyal to Senator Shekarau.
Governor Ganduje had earlier declared any other congresses held outside the one conducted under Prince Abdullahi Abbas leadership as illegal.
Although Ganduje insisted that the party has concluded with the nomination of candidates for the congresses under a consensus arrangement, the decision was challenged by the G-7 group under the leadership of Shekarau, who had fronted parallel leadership under the chairmanship of Haruna Ahmadu Danzago.
The candidates produced by Shekarau’s faction had the outcome of the other congresses and sought outright nullification of the process that produced them.
The applicants led by Muntaka Bala Sulyman and others had joined issues with the APC, Chairman APC extra ordinary caretaker Committee and Governor of Yobe state, Mai Mala Buni, National secretary of the party, JohnAkpanudoedehe, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), among the nine defendants.
