NAIJA NEWS
The request of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to sack Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on account of his alleged unlawful defection from the party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been denied.
Naija News understands that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday refused to grant the APC its request saying a sitting governor can not be sacked on the basis of defection to another party.
In his judgement on Tuesday, trial Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that a similar request on the subject matter has in the past been voided by the Court of Appeal in several judgments.
Therefore, the judgment of the court would not be any different because governors cannot forfeit their seats on grounds of defection and it had not been set aside by the Supreme Court, whose judgment remained the law and binding on lower courts…
