A new controversy erupted ahead of Saturday’s Kano State local government election when a Federal High Court fired the 44 chairmanship and councillorship candidates of the ruling New Nigeria Peoples Party, or NNPP.
Justice Simon Amobede dismissed the NNPP candidates while ruling on a lawsuit filed by a group of the party led by Dalhatu Shehu Usman.
The judge directed the group to submit a list of candidates to the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) for approval.
The defendants in this action include the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, the Inspector General of Police, and the Director of the Department of Security Services (DSS).
After hearing the original summons issued on October 8, 2024, Justice Simon Amobede prevented INEC from providing the voters’ records to KANSIEC.
The court also accepted the plaintiffs’ list.
According to the court:
“The 1st defendant (INEC) is hereby restrained from releasing the voters register for the 2nd defendant (KANSIEC) to conduct the proposed election on 26th October 2024.
“The 2nd defendant (KANSIEC) is hereby directed to accept as genuine and subsisting, the list of NNPP candidates submitted to it by the recognized State Chairman of the party Dalhatu Shehu Usman, which is in accordance with the party Constitution, and reject any list of candidates submitted to it by anyone else for the 2024 Local Government Election in Kano State.
“That the 3rd and 4th defendants (Police and DSS) are forthwith restrained from providing security and protection to the scene of the election planned to take place on the 26th October 2024.”
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