By Ahmad Umar
A group within the All Progressives Party in Gombe state, northeast Nigeria has filed a case at the state high court over the ward congress elections conducted in May 2018.
Malam Sirajo Khalid of Shamaki ward in Gombe Local Government Area, and 90 other contestants, filed the case challenging the congresses held in the 114 political wards in the State
Joined in the suit for which a copy was made available to newsmen on Wednesday, are the APC, Sulaiman Kawu Sumaila Chairman of the APC ward and local government congresses committee, and Saka Abimbola Isau Chairman of the APC ward and local government congresses Appeal Committee.
The plaintiffs are asking the court to declare that the ward congress election conducted on the 5th May 2018 in the 114 wards in the state was wrong, illegal, null, void and of no effect whatsoever, as the election was conducted contrary to the party’s congresses guidelines and constitution
The plaintiffs are also seeking an order setting aside the ward congress held on the 5thMay 2018 on the ground that it is wrongful, illegal and of no effect whatsoever in that no legal ward congress was conducted.
The Plaintiffs further seek an order of injunction restraining the defendants and any other persons from recognizing any person purported to have been elected during the 5th May 2018 ward congress in the 114 wards in the state.
They are also asking the court to order and direct the defendants to conduct fresh ward congress in the 114 wards in the state and allow all interested candidates including the plaintiffs to participate therein and the defendants should pay the sum of 500,000 Naira as legal fees of the action.
No date has been fixed for mention