The supreme court has dismissed an appeal challenging the nomination of Umar Namadi, deputy governor of Jigawa state, as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Farouk Aliyu, a former member of the house of representatives, challenged the APC primary held on May 26, 2022, which produced Namadi as the party’s governorship candidate, The Punch reports.
A federal high court in Dutse, on September 13, dismissed Aliyu’s suit on the grounds that he failed to prove his case with credible evidence.
Hassan Dikko, the trial judge, also held that Aliyu lacked the right to sue the governorship candidate.
However, Aliyu proceeded to the court of appeal, and in its judgment delivered on November 4, upheld Namadi’s nomination.
However, a three-member panel of the court of appeal led by Ita Mbaba, quashed the part of the trial court’s judgment which held that Aliyu lacked locus standi to institute the suit.
Aliyu, thereafter, filed an appeal before the supreme court challenging the judgment of the appellate court.
Namadi also filed a cross-appeal challenging the portion of the appellate court judgment upturning the trial court’s decision that Aliyu lacked the right to have filed the suit.
However, a five-member panel of the apex court, while delivering judgment on Friday, January 13, held that Aliyu’s appeal “lacked merit.”
The apex court also struck out Namadi’s cross-appeal on the grounds that the main appeal had been dismissed.
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