Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo on Tuesday nullified the governorship primary election that produced Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha as the candidate of the party in the 2023 election.
Justice Amobeda in his ruling in a case filed by one of the governorship aspirants, Chief David Sabo Kente directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh governorship primary in the state within 14 days.
The court also ordered Bwacha to stop parading himself as the governorship candidate of the APC and INEC to stop recognising Bwacha as a candidate.
It was earlier reported that, one of the aspirants in the primary Chief David Sabo Kente had earlier approached the court challenging the emergence of Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as the party’s governorship candidate in Taraba state.
Meanwhile, counsel to the defendant, Barrister Festus K.I, said he was not in a position to determine whether the defendant would appeal the judgment but promised to reach out to him in order to know the next line of action.
Also reacting to the judgement, honourable Shuaibu Ataka Shaukani described the ruling as proof of judicial sanity for Nigeria’s democracy and commended justice Amobeda for exercising fairness in the judgement.