Supreme Court strikes out NNPP Case Against Uba Sani, INEC

• Senator Uba Sani has defeated the NNPP in a suit instituted against him at the Supreme Court
• The apex court said that the party has no locus standing to sue the APC and its governorship candidate in Kaduna
• Uba's candidature as the standard bearer of his party was also affirmed by the Supreme Court

The appeal filed at the Supreme Court against the decisions of the Court of Appeal and Federal High Court which confirmed Uba Sani as the governorship candidate of the APC in Kaduna state has been dismissed by the apex court.

Legit.ng reports that this is coming barely a day after Kaduna High Court equally dismissed the suit, calling for Uba's disqualification from being the standard bearer of the APC in the forthcoming elections.

It was gathered that the latest verdict was confirmed by counsel to the APC and former Kaduna state NBA chairman, Sule Shuaibu.

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It will be recalled that the NNPP had filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Kaduna, challenging INEC over the acceptance and uploading of the names of all APC Candidates in Kaduna State for allegedly violating provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022.

The Federal High Court and indeed the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division both dismissed the suit and appeal.

No party has the right to sue others in pre-election cases

With the judgment of the Supreme Court, no political party has the locus to sue another political party in pre-election cases.

The APC governorship flagbearer has won all suits challenging his eligibility to fly the party's governorship flag this year.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the suit by Abdullahi Adamu Mohammed and two others against INEC, APC, and Senator Uba Sani seeking to annul the Ward, local government, and state and national congresses was dismissed.

The suit sought the annulment of all the APC congresses, ultimately disqualifying all candidates of the ruling party in Kaduna State, and setting aside the election of the excos.

According to counsel to the APC in Kaduna, Sule Shu'aibu Esq, the dismissal of the suit was following a judgment delivered by the Federal High Court, Kaduna Division on Monday, February 13.

Source: Legit.ng