2027: INEC publishes Ya’u as Zamfara North APC candidate despite court order

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has published Senator Sahabi Ya’u arsenic the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaigner for Zamfara North Senatorial District successful the 2027 election, contempt a Federal High Court bid nullifying the party’s earlier primary.

APC senatorial aspirant, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, condemned the publication, alleging that it contravened the August 31, 2026, judgement of the Federal High Court successful Gusau.

Justice Hassan Dikko had nullified the APC senatorial superior conducted connected May 19 and ordered the enactment to behaviour a caller superior involving each cleared aspirants wrong 14 days. The tribunal besides directed INEC to judge and people the campaigner who validly emerges from the caller primary.

In a connection issued connected Thursday, Shinkafi said INEC had been served with a certified transcript of the judgement and was expected to comply with the court’s directives.

“It is inappropriate, unfair, unjust and an battle connected the nation’s emerging ideology for INEC to flagrantly interruption a wide bid of a tribunal of competent jurisdiction,” helium said.

Shinkafi’s ineligible representatives, YAS Law Firm, besides wrote to the INEC Chairman connected September 18, asking the committee to retreat Ya’u’s sanction from the publication.

The instrumentality steadfast referenced Suit No. FHC/GS/CS/6/2026 and maintained that the May 19 superior had been nullified f...