The Supreme Court has affirmed Umar Namadi as APC guber candidate in Jigawa state.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Supreme Court, on Friday, affirmed the incumbent Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi as the lawful gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State.
The apex court, in a unanimous judgment prepared by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, upheld the primary election conducted on May 26, which produced Namadi as the winner.
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In the judgment delivered by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa on behalf of the court, the appeal filed by Farouk Adamu Aliyu, a former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, was dismissed in its entirety.
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Namadi, through his counsel, Prince Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN, had won the legal battle at the Federal High Court in Dutse as well as at the Court of Appeal in Kano.
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