15 days to the 2023 general elections, the Court of Appeal, Kano State, on Friday set aside the judgment of a High Court which recognised Muhammad Abacha as the governorship flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the appellate court subsequently ordered that Sadiq Wali, who was earlier recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the PDP gubernatorial candidate in Kano State, be restored at the party’s flag-bearer.
Abacha is the son of the late military dictator, Sani Abacha.
Muhammed Abacha has been mentioned in various court cases in Nigeria and abroad as being one of the channels his father used to steal billions of naira of public funds while in office.
He was detained by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration for several months for the alleged looting but the family later agreed to a deal with the Federal Government (FG).
The FG has since recovered billions of naira from Abacha since the former Nigerian ruler’s death in 1998.
