
July 3, 2015
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The Federal High Court sitting at Bauchi and presided over by Justice Mohammed Garba Umar has fixed September 21, 2015 as the date for the hearing of the preliminary objection in the suit challenging the eligibility of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and Bauchi State governor, Mohammed Abubakar in the party’s governorship primary.
The suit was filled by one of the aspirants in the APC governorship primary in the state, Comrade Mohammed Abdullahi Tanko Ningi. He is challenging the competence of the primary conducted by the party in the state and alleging irregularities and over- voting .
Tanko Ningi is therefore asking the court to stop Mohammed Abubakar from parading himself as Bauchi APC governorship candidate and to stop APC from submitting his name to the electoral body as well as to stop the electoral body from recognizing Abubakar as the party’s candidate.
Other defendants in the suit are Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and the APC governorship candidate, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar.
Reacting to the ruling, Counsel to Mohammed Abubakar who is the second defendant, Adeola Adedipe said, “We are not pleased with the development because we cannot keep coming to court over a case that lacks merit”.