Taraba APC aspirant challenges House of Reps primary in court

An All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency spot successful the House of Representatives, Leah Olusuyi, has instituted ineligible enactment astatine the Federal High Court sitting successful Jalingo, challenging the result of the party’s superior predetermination held connected May 16, 2026.

The disputed workout produced Sadiq Tafida arsenic the APC campaigner for the 2027 wide election, but Olusuyi is present asking the tribunal to invalidate the process, alleging that nary lawful superior predetermination was conducted.

In tribunal filings submitted done her counsel, P.D. Pius, the plaintiff contends that the workout that led to Tafida’s emergence did not conscionable the basal requirements of a valid enactment primary, thereby calling into question the legitimacy of the nomination.

While the substance is yet to beryllium assigned a proceeding date, tribunal documents bespeak that the suit was filed wrong the 14-day statutory model provided nether the Electoral Act for pre-election disputes, preserving the applicant’s close to judicial determination of the interior enactment contest.

The lawsuit adds caller hostility to interior dynamics wrong the All Progressives Congress, which has continued to look post-primary litigation crossed assorted constituencies, arsenic aggrieved aspirants often edifice to the courts to situation information outcomes.

Political observers accidental the improvement reflects a recurring diagnostic of Nigeria’s el...