From Maiharaji Altine Gusau
The Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital has again nullified the election of Dauda Lawan Dare as the state’s PDP governorship candidate.
Delivering the judgement on Tuesday, the Presiding Judge, Justice Aminu Bappa also ruled that PDP will not field any candidate for the 2023 governorship election in the state.
This was the second time that the court will nullify the PDP governorship primary in Zamfara.
Recall that in September this year, the court nullified the election of Lawal-Dare following a suit filed before the court by Ibrahim Shehu and two other aspirants challenging the credibility of the primary.
The court ordered for a re-run election where Lawal-Dare also re-emerged as a winner but his opponent, Ibrahim Shehu went to court again to challenge the election.
Justice Bappa therefore ruled that, the re- election of Dare was also characterized by series of irregularities and as such it was nullified while the PDP was disqualified from contesting the governorship election in 2023.
