2023: Double Trouble Comes for Sacked Taraba APC Governorship Candidate

• For the second time, the Federal High Court has nullified the APC governorship primary in Taraba state
• This means that the court has again sacked Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as the APC's governorship candidate
• The court, which sat in Abuja on Tuesday, November 15, also ordered Bwacha to stop parading himself as the APC candidate in the state

Abuja - A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has voided the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba that produced Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as the candidate.

During the proceeding, the court on Tuesday, November 15, through Justice Obiora Egwuatu, called on the APC to conduct a fresh governorship primary in the state within 14 days, Leadership reports.

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The court also ordered Bwacha to desist from parading himself as the APC's gubernatorial candidate for the northern state, Premium Times adds.

The verdict was delivered following an application filed by the senator representing Taraba Central, Yusuf A. Yusuf.

Arguing that the party’s governorship primary was not conducted in Taraba, Yusus asked why the APC at the national level declared Bwacha as a winner.

Big loss as court sacks influential APC lawmaker, gives reason

Senator Emmanuel Bwacha of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost his legislative seat on Thursday, November 10.

This came as the Federal High Court in Jalingo, Taraba state capital, sacked Senator Bwacha following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC.

Delivering the verdict on Thursday, the presiding judge, Justice Simon Amobeda ordered the lawmaker to vacate his seat immediately.

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Before the order, the state's chapter of the PDP had approached the court to declare Bwacha's seat vacant for dumping the party on which he was elected as a federal lawmaker to represent Taraba South at the National Assembly.

Senate deputy minority leader Bwacha defects to APC

Bwacha who represents Taraba South and is also the Senate deputy minority leader, on Thursday, February 3, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Bwacha was formally received into the ruling APC by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House. The Taraba federal lawmaker was led to the Presidential Villa by the chairman of the ruling party's interim committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni.

Source: Legit.ng