Intrigue as Court Gives Verdict on Top APC Senator's Ticket, Hours to Election
- The appeal court in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, has upheld the candidature of Senator Ishaku Abbo to hold the APC senatorial ticket for Adamawa north in tomorrow's election
- The court dismissed the ruling of the state high court that earlier upheld the suspension of Abbo by the party's executive at Nubi north LGA of the state
- Abbo was suspended last year after campaigning against the APC Muslim-Muslin ticket
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Yola, Adamawa - The court of appeal in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, has cleared Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo to contest in the national assembly election scheduled for Saturday, February 25.
Abbo, currently representing Adamawa north at the national assembly, will be participating in the poll as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), The Nation reported.
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The ruling of the court of appeal sets aside the decision of the state high court that upheld the senator's expulsion from the ruling party, as earlier announced by the leadership of the APC in his home town, Mubi north local government area.
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Last month, the high court ruled that since Abbo had been expelled from the party by the council's exco, he could not be recognised as the party's candidate in the February 25 election.
The appeal court has now dismissed the lower court's judgment that upheld that the APC had expelled the senator.
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Justice Isaiah Olufemi Akeji of the appeal court invalidated the ruling of the high court, and its orders against Abbo were vacated.
According to the upper court, the lower court has no jurisdiction to hear the case, adding that Abbo can be re-elected through his party's ticket.
The executive of the APC in Mubi north suspended Abbo last year following his campaign against the party's presidential Muslim/Muslim ticket.
List of polls that predicted victory for APC, Tinubu in Saturday's election
Legit.ng earlier reported that ahead of the forthcoming election, several electoral polls have been conducted by different organisations that predict various candidates to win.
In the polls, about 4 of them predicted Bola Tinubu of the APC would win the February 25 presidential election.
The first prediction of Tinubu's victory was in October 2022, when Economic Intelligence Unit predicted that he would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
Source: Legit.ng
