The Independent National Electoral Commission said its decision on the Court of Appeal judgment on the Zamfara State All Progressives Congress primaries would not be based on the “opinion of any external solicitors.”
INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity Oluwole Osaze-Uzezi, stated this in Abuja. He said the commission was still studying the judgment of the Court of Appeal, adding that it would make its “position known in due course.”
It would be recalled that a senator from the state, Kabiru Marafa, had at the Court of Appeal in Sokoto challenged the judgment of a Zamfara State High Court, which gave the APC the go-ahead to field candidates during the 2019 polls.
On Monday, the Court of Appeal nullified the APC primaries in the state on the grounds that the party did not conduct any primary election.
After the judgment of the Court of Appeal, INEC on Tuesday suspended issuance of certificate of return to the governor-elect of the state Muktar Shehu.
