Nigeria’s APC challenges two Niger candidates in court
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leadership
The APC branch in Nigeria’s Niger State has taken legal action against two governorship candidates, from the PDP and SDP, and others over alleged defections without prior resignation. The party is asking the Federal High Court in Minna to prevent Nigeria’s electoral commission from recognising the alleged changes in affiliation and the candidacies concerned, Leadership reports.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria’s Niger State has brought a case before the Federal High Court in Minna to challenge the candidacies of Mallam Mohammed Mamman Nami, nominated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed, nominated by the Social Democratic Party (SDP), according to Leadership. The party claims the two men left the APC without resigning.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which organises Nigeria’s elections, is named as the first defendant. The APC is asking the court not to recognise the alleged party changes and to prevent INEC from recognising the individuals concerned as members or candidates of their new parties.
The case also targets several political figures, including Peter Jiya, senator for Niger South, Sadiq Mohammed Rabiu, the NDC’s senatorial candidate in the constituency, and Musa Mamman, the ADC’s deputy governorship candidate. Mohammed Mamman Nami and Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed joined their new parties after alleging irregularities in the APC primaries, according to Leadership.
