Court orders ADC, INEC to maintain status quo in Kebbi candidate dispute

The Federal High Court successful Abuja has ordered the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and different parties progressive successful a quality implicit its campaigner for the Zuru/Fakai/Danko Wasagu/Sakaba Federal Constituency successful Kebbi State to support the presumption quo pending the determination of the suit.

The bid followed a suit filed by Abubakar Sadiq Sa’adu Fakai, who is challenging the party’s determination to behaviour different superior predetermination to regenerate him with Bashar Sulaiman Bajida.

Fakai, who said helium emerged arsenic the ADC campaigner successful an earlier primary, is challenging the alleged effort to substitute his sanction without his ceremonial withdrawal from the race.

The suit, filed connected August 14, 2026, was mentioned earlier the Federal High Court successful Abuja on Thursday.

Fakai’s counsel, Ezra Enwere of Savannah Law LP, told the tribunal that the plaintiff had filed interim and interlocutory applications seeking orders restraining the ADC and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from replacing his sanction with Bajida’s.

The court, however, held that it was unnecessary to perceive the applications astatine that signifier and adjourned the substance for proceeding of the substantive suit.

It fixed September 8, 2026, for proceeding and directed that each parties beryllium duly served with the tribunal processes.

The tribunal besides ordered the parties to support the presumption quo pending the determination...