A High Court sitting, in Yola, Adamawa State, on Tuesday, nullified the nomination of controversial Sen. Elisha Abbo as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Justice Danladi Mohammed of High Court 3 ruled that Sen. Abbo could not seek re-election having been expelled by his Ward chapter of the APC.
Justice Danladi held that the embattled senator and APC were bound by the resolution of the Mubi North Local Government Executive Council, dated October 7, 2022, which expelled him, saying that he is not entitled to enjoy any right or privilege accorded to APC members.
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The Mubi North LG Exco of the party on October 7, 2022, approved the expulsion of the senator as recommended by the party’s disciplinary committee.
Also, the Court further restrained the APC under which the senator is seeking re-election from recognising him as its candidate, saying that he cannot validly be the candidate of the party in the forthcoming general election.
It further restrained Sen. Abbo from parading himself as the candidate of the Party in the Northern Senatorial District of the state in the forthcoming general election.
Justice Danladi declared that the Court was satisfied with the procedure followed in showing the senator the way out of the party, saying that he was accorded an opportunity to defend himself but deliberately refused to so do.
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He said that the action of the plaintiffs in suing Abbo is not an internal affair of the party as claimed and that they have the locus standi to institute the action against him since they are registered members of the party.
Recall that two APC members, Abdullahi Suleiman and Yusha’u Usman of Kolere and Sabon Layi Wards in the Mubi North Local Government Area respectively, had sued Sen. Abbo and sought an interpretation regarding his status in the APC.