Politics
Court Sacks Adamawa Speaker As PDP Senatorial Candidate
The court in it’s ruling therefore voided the election on the grounds that Tukur’s participation
The Federal High Court I, sitting in Yola has annulled the senatorial primary for Adamawa Central Senatorial District, conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party, won by the Speaker, Adamawa State House of Assembly, Aminu Iya-Abbas.
Justice Abdulaaziz Anka, in his ruling on the suit filed by Mohammed Modibbo versus the Peoples Democratic Party and four others, voided the senatorial primary elections for Adamawa Central conducted by the PDP.
The suit was filed by Mohammed Modibbo against the PDP and four others,
Justice Anka judge held that the participation of the fourth defendant, Chairman, Governing Council Adamawa State University, Auwal Tukur, as a political appointee without compliance to the new Electoral Act 2022 violated the process, hence “the entire process is hereby nullified.”
