The Federal High Court in Kano State has sacked all 44 chairmanship and councillorship candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for Saturday’s local government elections.
Justice Simon Amobeda gave the ruling on Friday following a case filed by Engineer Muhammad Babayo and a faction of the NNPP against the party’s leadership.
Justice Amobeda ruled that the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) should accept a new list of candidates submitted by the faction led by the recognised State Chairman, Dalhatu Shehu Usman, in accordance with the party’s constitution.
“The defendant is hereby restrained from releasing the voters register for the 2nd Defendant to conduct the proposed election on 26th October 2024,” the judge declared.
Recall that the All Progressives Congress had also withdrawn from the upcoming local government election.
This was announced by the Chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, Prof. Sani Malumfashi.
He announced the party’s decision during a news conference on Friday.
“The main opposition party, which is the APC, has withdrawn from the election as they did not participate in any of the processes,” Malumfashi said.
He had added that the commission was proceeding with the election following a State High Court ruling that directed the commission to conduct the election on Saturday.