The Court of Appeal Sokoto Division on Wednesday
dismissed the case filed by a member of the House
of Representatives, Aminu Jaji, against the decision
of a Zamfara High Court which recognised the
primaries conducted by Zamfara APC for
candidates in the upcoming general election.
The appellate court dismissed the appeal after Jaji
withdrew the case.

Presiding Judge, Justice Jummai Sankey, granted
the prayer made by the appellant in which he
sought to withdraw the entire case.

Sankey, who led another panel of judges, held that
the Appellant was at liberty to withdraw the case
based on Order 11, Rule 1, of the Appeal Court
Laws, noting that the order and rule cited by the
respondents were only recognising administrative
rules.

The judge said the court took judicial notice of
records of previous panel as well as Supreme Court
judgement and thereby dismissed the case based
on Order 11, Rule 5 as required by law.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a
Zamfara High Court had recognised the primary
elections held by the All Progressives Congress in
the state and declared that INEC accept the party’s
candidates for the elections.

Unsatisfied with state High Court decision, the
appellant, Jaji, a governorship aspirant and member
representing Kauran Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal
Constituency, approached the appeal court asking it
to set aside the lower court’s judgement.

On Monday, Justice Ahmad Belgore and two other
justices had recused themselves from delivering
judgment on the appeal based on a circulated
media allegations and issues raised by Mr.
Muhammad Nuhu, Counsel to Senator Kabiru
Marafa, that they were compromised.

Belgore said in recognition of the magnitude of
allegations and present situation in judiciary as well
as the nation, the judges surrendered that the
President of the Court of Appeal should constitute
new panel to entertain the matter.

He told all parties to the case to await the
constitution of a new panel that would consider the
matter, a situation that led to constitution of the
panel headed by Sankey.


(NAN)

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