THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been ordered to accept and publish the name of Mohammed Sani Abacha as the authentic governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State for next year’s election. Justice A. M. Liman of the Federal High Court in Kano gave the order in a judgment delivered on Thursday evening via Zoom.
The judgment was on the suit filed by Abacha, with INEC, Sadiq Aminu Wali, PDP and Shehu Wada Sagagi Kano State PDP Chairman as defendants.
In the judgment on Thursday Justice Liman found that Wali did not participate in the PDP governorship primary which was monitored by INEC as required under the Electoral Act. The judge declared among others, that Abacha, who scored the highest number of votes at the Kano PDP primary election and whose name is already with the party as the winner of the said primary election.
