Supreme Court Sacks APC Senator

Mr David Umaru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been sacked as the senator-elect representing Niger East senatorial district.

Umaru was sacked by the Supreme Court in a unanimous judgement led by Ibrahim Muhammad on Friday.

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In sacking Umaru, the court faulted his nomination as the party’s candidate in the district’s last senatorial election.

The apex court declared that Mohammed Sani as the authentic candidate of the APC in the senatorial district.

The verdict of the apex court set aside the judgement of the appeal court that affirmed Umaru as authentic candidate of the party.

Sani had been declared the validly nominated candidate of the APC by the Abuja federal high court but Umaru had appealed the verdict.

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The five-man panel ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Sani a certificate of return.

Sani, in a preliminary objection at the appeal court, had challenged the right of Umaru to appeal the judgement of the trial court that favoured him without the party as a respondent.

However, the preliminary objection was dismissed at the appeal court.

Umaru was sworn in on Tuesday as the senator representing Niger east district.

However, by the verdict of the supreme court, Sani is expected to be sworn in immediately after a certificate of return is issued to him by the electoral commission.

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