A Federal High Court in Kano yesterday nullified the governorship primary election conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP,) which produced Mr. Abba Kabir-Yusuf as the party’s flag-bearer.
The cancellation of the primary election followed a suit filed before the court, by one of the party gubernatorial aspirants, Alhaji Ibrahim Ali-Amin, who challenged the legitimacy of the process which produced Kabir-Yusuf as candidate.
Al-Amin alleged that the PDP during the primary election “sidelined and booted him out” of the race.
Delivering a ruling, Justice Lewis Alagua, nullified the election on the premise that the party had no incontrovertible reason to deny the plaintiff participation in the primary election because he formally bought his expression of interest and nomination forms.
Alagua also held that denying the plaintiff the right to participate in the primary election contravened the provision of the Electoral Act 2010 as altered.
The judge ruled that the PDP did not conduct governorship primary election in Kano State.
He also declared the candidature of Yusuf null and void.
He ordered for a fresh primary election before the forthcoming governorship election on March 9.
