Court cancels APC Zamfara North senatorial primary, orders fresh election

The All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election conducted for the Zamfara North Senatorial District has been cancelled by the Federal High Court sitting in Gusau.

The court on Monday ordered the party to conduct a fresh primary election in Zamfara North Senatorial District within 14 days of the judgment.

Justice Hassan Dikko, the presiding judge, considered the written addresses and arguments adopted by the plaintiffs and defendants before ruling that a fresh APC primary election should be conducted in the senatorial district within 14 days.

Reacting to the judgment, APC senatorial aspirant, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, said, “I appreciate the court’s decision; it has restored people’s confidence in the judiciary.”

Shinkafi described the judgment as a milestone towards the success of democracy, saying the judiciary had been vindicated as people still have confidence in it.

Shinkafi had earlier approached the court to challenge the legality of the APC primary election conducted for the Zamfara North Senatorial District during the party’s last primary election in the state.