Former Kano State governor and Senator-elect for Kano Central Senatorial District, Ibrahim Shekarau has been removed by the Supreme Court.
The apex court affirmed Mr. Rufai Hanga as the authentic candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Senator-elect for Kano Central Senatorial District.
Delivering Judgment In an appeal brought before it by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Court upheld the Judgments of the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal both in Abuja, which had earlier upheld the candidature of Rufai Hanga as the candidate of the party.
In the judgment prepared by Justice Uwani Aba-Aji but delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the Supreme Court held that the INEC’s appeal lacked merit and substance and dismissed it.
The Federal high court and the court of appeal had in their previous judgment upheld Rufai Hanga as the senatorial candidate of the NNPP for Kano Central following the withdrawal of Ibrahim Shekarau as a member of the party and senatorial candidate due to irreconcilable differences he allegedly had with the party.
Rather than obeying the Federal High Court order, INEC appealed the judgment at the Appellate Court and lost.
Not satisfied with the Judgments of the trial and Appellate Courts, the electoral body proceeded to the Supreme Court to challenge the judgments which upheld Rufai Hanga as the lawful candidate of the NNPP Kano central Senatorial District.
