By; AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has discharged the suit challenging Senator Uba Sani from parading himself as the Kaduna State Gubernatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC),
The Presiding Judge, Justice Mohammed Garba Umar, delivered the judgement on Friday in Kaduna, saying that it lacks the jurisdiction to deliver judgement on the said matter.
The court according to the ruling, declined hearing the suit because it had no jurisdiction on the grounds that it is a party affair and not a post or pre-election matter.
It would be recalled that Hon. Sani Mahmud Sha’aban had filed a case, challenging the legality of the emergence of Senator Uba Sani at the APC governorship primary election held in May, 2022, alleging that the election was conducted without legal and due delegates.
Sha’aban had on 20th June, dragged Uba Sani and other APC stakeholders before the federal high court where he alleged that the primary that produced Uba Sani and others as candidates for the 2023 polls should be declared null and void, adding that the party’s statutory delegates were substituted by people who could barely read or write, to do the bidding of Uba Sani and his sponsors.
Counsel to Senator Uba Sani, Barrister Sanusi Musa, said he has argued it earlier that the court needs the approval of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN) before it could be filed in Kaduna.
Speaking with newsmen shortly after the judgement, Counsel to Sha’aban, John Mshelia said, he will approach his client and then get directives on what the next step would be.
