PASCHAL NJOKU FROM INDEPENDENT NG
The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Wednesday, fixed February 6, for judgment in an appeal in respect of the Yobe North All Progressives Congress Senatorial District.
The apex court slated the date after various counsel in the appeal had adopted their briefs of argument as their final submissions.
Counsel to the APC (appellant), Crownwell Peters urged the 5-man panel led by Justice Centus Nweze to allow the appeal.
Ibrahim Bawa, counsel for the 1st respondent (Bashir Machina), asked the court to dismiss the appeal for lacking merit.
Recall that the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on November 28, 2022, affirmed Bashir Sherrif Machina as the authentic APC senatorial candidate for Yobe North in the forthcoming general elections.
Justice Monica Dongban-Mensen, who presided over a 3-man panel of the appellate court, gave the affirmation in an appeal by the APC challenging the decision of Justice Fadimatu Aminu of the Federal High Court Damaturu, which had on September 28, 2022, declared Bashir Sherriff Machina as the winner of the primary election organized by the party on May 28, 2022, while Lawan opted to contest the presidential primary election organized by the APC in June.
Lawan lost the APC presidential ticket to former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu.
