The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by All
Progressives Congress (APC) for it to review its last judgment in which it
voided the participation of its candidates in the last elections in Zamfara
State.
A five-man panel of the court, led by Justice Olabode
Rhodes-Vivour, in a ruling early on Monday, struck out the application marked:
SC/377/2019 filed by the APC, seeking a review of the judgement.
The court rejected effort by the lawyer to the APC, Robert
Clarke (SAN), to take a second look at the decision given earlier this year.
The court had on May 24, invalidated all the victories of
the APC in the state.
The Supreme Court ruled that the All Progressives Congress
(APC) did not hold valid party primaries as required by law. It held that all
the votes scored by the APC in the said elections are wasted votes and declared
that the candidates of political parties with the second highest valid votes
and the requisite spread should be declared as having been elected.
The court in a unanimous judgment by a five-member panel
decided that a party that had no valid candidate cannot be said to have emerged
winner of the general elections.
In an appeal brought by the APC, the apex court ruled
against the apellant and ordered a fine of N10 million against the APC.
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