COURT INVALIDATES THE TICKET FOR THE ADAMAWA SPEAKER IN THE SENATE.

The senatorial primary for the Adamawa Central Senatorial District, held by the Peoples Democratic Party and won by Aminu Iya-Abbas, Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, has been declared invalid by the Federal High Court I, sitting in Yola.

In his decision on the lawsuit brought by Mohammed Modibbo against the Peoples Democratic Party and four other parties, Justice Abdulaaziz Anka declared the Peoples Democratic Party’s senatorial primary elections for Adamawa Central invalid.
The fourth defendant, Chairman of the Governing Council of Adamawa State University, Alhaji Auwal Tukur, participated as a political appointee in violation of the new Electoral Act 2022, the judge said, and as a result “the entire process is hereby annulled.”

“The only issue proved before the court is as regards the fourth defendant’s engagement in the primary election conducted, him being a political appointee, i.e. chairman of the governing council Adamawa State University, Mubi, therefore, the entire process is hereby void by this honourable court,” he said. Due to significant non-compliance with the Electoral Act of 2022, the party will not be able to submit a candidate for the general election in 2023. This is the court’s final ruling against the whole political party and all of its members.