The Supreme Court has nullified the nomination of Emmanuel Bwacha as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports a five-member panel led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun nullified the nomination of Bwacha as Taraba APC guber candidate for the 2023 elections in a judgment delivered on Wednesday.
Delivering the judgment, the panel affirmed the verdict of a Federal High Court, which held that the APC did not conduct any valid governorship primary in Taraba.
Recall that the Federal High Court, Abuja in November nullified the APC primary election that produced Bwacha as its governorship candidate for the 2023 general election.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, who delivered the judgment declared that based on submissions made before him by the parties, the purported primary election conducted by APC on May 26 was a nullity.
TNG reports the Supreme Court affirmed the Federal High Court position that the APC did not conduct governorship primaries in Taraba and, therefore, cannot field a candidate.
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