The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Uba Sani as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election.
Sani, who is the senator representing Kaduna-Central, was selected as the party’s consensus candidate during the primary elections in May.
Not satisfied with the process, Sani Sha’aban, one of the governorship aspirants, in June, filed a suit in court seeking to invalidate the process that produced Sani as the APC candidate for the 2023 polls. According to him, the election was conducted without legal delegates.
However, a Federal High Court in Kaduna had dismissed the suit, on the grounds that it lacked the jurisdiction to hear it. The presiding judge, Mohammed Garba, held that the matter fell under internal party affairs. Sha’aban, thereafter, went before the court of appeal.
The APC, in its preliminary objection, argued that the appeal is incompetent because the appellant failed to transmit the complete record of appeal within 10 days after filing the appeal as provided by the law. The party also argued that having left the party, Sha’aban lacks the locus standi to continue with the suit.
In the judgment delivered in the appeal, a three-member panel of the court of appeal, yesterday, struck out the suit for lacking merit.
Reacting in a statement, the Kaduna chapter of the APC campaign council lauded the court of appeal for its verdict.
