Governorship primary: Adamawa APC sues for calm

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa has urged its supporters to remain calm following the nullification of the party’s governorship primary election which produced Sen. Aishatu Ahmed as the gubernatorial candidate.

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APC Secretary in the State, Dr Raymond Chidama made the call at a news conference on Saturday in Yola, saying the party received the court judgement nullifying its governorship primary with “mix feelings”.

He said the party had since appealed the judgement, saying, “we objected to the position of the court for refusing to order for the conduct of a fresh primary election”.

He urged party loyalists and the governorship candidate to remain calm, adding that, “all avenues of justice would be exploited by the party to ensure equity and fairness through the process of appeal.

“I want to assure our members that our party will definitely participate in the 2023 governorship election,” he said.

The Secretary expressed optimism that APC would wrestled power from the ruling PDP in the state.

A Federal High Court sitting in Yola, on Friday, nullified the APC governorship primary in the state. The trial judge, Abdulaziz Anka, said the exercise contravened the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act and the party’s guidelines.

The court also barred Ahmed, popularly known as Binani from parading herself as governorship candidate, and declared that the party had no candidate in the 2023 governorship election in the state.

Binani emerged winner of the May 26 primary, having scored 430 votes to defeat her closest opponent, Nuhu Ribadu, who polled 288 votes.