Court Sacks APC Council Chair 1hr After Taking Oath of Office In Top Arewa State

• The Niger state high court has sacked Mustapha Alheri as the authentic candidate of the APC in the just-concluded local government election in the state
• Justice Muhammed of the court sacked Alheri 1hr after taking the oath of office as the chairman of the Chanchaga LGA and declared Yusuf Ladan as the authentic candidate of the APC
• According to the judgment, Alheri did not participate in the primary that produced Ladan and he was part of the stakeholders that conducted the primary

Mustapha Alheri has been sacked as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded local government election in Niger state.

Justice Muhammed Muhammed of the state high court declared Yusuf Ladan as the right candidate for the party, Leadership reported.

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What you need to know about APC council chair sacked by court

The court sacked Alheri just 1 hour after taking the oath of office as the elected chairman of the Chanchaga local government area of the state.

Ladan had filed a suit before the court over an alleged unlawful substitution of his name after the APC primary election in the council.

The judge reviewed the claim of the plaintiff and the defendant, APC and the Niger state independent electoral commission.

Muhammed ruled that Alheri did not participate in the APC primary election and his name was illegally submitted to the state's electoral commission by the APC.

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The court stated that Alheri was part of the Chanchaga LGA stakeholders who conducted the primary election where Ladan emerged as the APC consensus candidate for the council.

According to the judgment, the state electoral umpire is to present a certificate of return to Ladan and withdraw that of Alheri.

Muhammed also directed the state executive council (SEC) to swear in Ladan as the Chanchaga council chairman.

Court jails top commissioner in powerful northern APC state over severe crime

Legit.ng earlier reported that Ibrahim Magayaki, the commissioner for agriculture and natural resources in Zamfara state, has been remanded in a correctional centre in Gusau, the state capital.

The Zamfara high court sitting in Gusau ordered that the commissioner should be remanded following his refusal to obey a court order.

Justice Bello Shinkafi of the court ruled that Magayaki sold some parts of tractors that have been approved to be listed for one Dunbulum Investment.

Source: Legit.ng