The dream of Dr Mustapha Jibrin Alheri to assume position as Chairman Chanchaha Local Government area of Niger state was aborted few hours to be sworn in.
The Niger State High Court, sitting in Minna, the state capital nullified his election on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Councils elections held last month in the state.
He was about to be sworn in at the swearing ceremony in government house Conference Hall in Minna, alongside his other colleagues who had emerged victorious in the Councils elections across the 25Loval Government Areas of the state by the Niger state Independent electoral commission.
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The Court presided over by Justice Muhammad Muhammed however declared Yusuf Aminu Ladan as the authentic APC candidate for Chanchaga local government Council in the just concluded council election in the state.
Yusuf Aminu Ladan,of same party had approached the court and alleged unlawful substitution of his name after October 2022, the primary election of the ruling Party (APC in the local government area.
Justice Muhammed after reviewing the claims of Ladan and that of the defendant, Dr. Mustapha Jibrin, the APC and the State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC) ruled that Dr. Jibrin did not participate in the primary election adding that his name was unlawfully submitted to the NSIEC by the APC.
The presiding Judge also held that based on the evidence before the court, Dr. Mustapha Jibrin was part of the stakeholders from the Chanchaga local government Council who conducted the primary election that produced Ladan as the APC’s consensus candidate.
The court thereby ordered the state electoral umpire to present a certificate of return to Ladan and withdraw that of the former Commissioner, Dr. Jibrin
Justice Mohammed also ordered the State Executive Council to swear- in Ladan as the chairman, of the Chanchaga local government Council of the State.
However, the State Executive Council had sworn- in the elected 25 local government councils chairmen including the said Aminu Ladan…
(Tribune)
