PDP: Court Of Appeal Kaduna Grants Stay Of Execution For High Court Kano Judgment

The court of Appeal Kaduna has granted our prayers for the stay of Execution of the Judgment of the Federal High Court Kano nullifying the primary election of PDP Kano. PDP is still in the race.

Details shortly!!!

The
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, gubernatorial candidate in Kano State,
Abba K. Yusuf, will participate in the March 9 governorship election,
following stay of execution order for a judgement delivered by a lower
court.

On Monday, Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High
Court, Kano ruled that the PDP did not conduct governorship primary
election in the state.

While delivering judgement, the Appeal
Court sitting in Kaduna presided by Justice Daniel O. Kalio granted all
the prayers put forward by the appellant.
The PDP sought a stay of
execution on the previous judgement passed by a Federal High Court in
Kano on the validity of the party’s October 2nd primaries.

The
Appeal Court also restrained INEC from removing the name of Mr Yusuf and
other PDP candidates from the list of 2019 contestants.

Responding shortly after the verdict, Mr Yusuf said he was not surprised with the outcome from the Appeal Court.

“As
I always mention, the case mainly concerns our party and an aggrieved
member who is working with the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, in
the state to remedy the fast-growing unpopularity of Gov Abdullahi Umar
Ganduje, took the matter to court,” Mr Yusuf was quoted as saying so In a
statement signed by his spokesperson, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa.

The
governorship candidate, therefore, called on his supporters and PDP
faithful to keep their hope alive and come out en masse to vote for all
the PDP candidates.

A PDP gubernatorial aspirant, Ali
Amin-little, had approached the court, challenging the process that led
to the emergence of Mr Yusuf as PDP gubernatorial candidate in Kano.

Recall
that on October 2, Mr Yusuf, a son-in-law to former Governor Rabiu
Kwankwaso, emerged winner of the PDP primaries after polling 2,421 votes
to defeat his distant second, Jaafar Sani-Bello, who got 1,258 votes.

Source:- Dailynigerian