The Supreme Court, yesterday, affirmed Col. Kefas Agbu (rtd.) as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State for the March 11 governorship election.
In a judgment, the apex court upheld the decision of Court of Appeal sitting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital that dismissed two different suits challenging the eligibility of Agbu as candidate of the party in the state.
According to Justice Emmanuel Agim, the appellants (Prof. Jerome Nyameh) acted in breach of Section 84 and 87(9) of the Electoral Act by failing to make use of the primary election dispute mechanism as contained in the party’s guidelines.
The apex court said both appeals were deemed premature and lacking in merit as they were instituted without exploring the internal party options to seek redress before heading to court.
The court further stated that failure of the appellants to include other aspirants, who took…
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