Court affirms APC candidate as Reps-elect in Kwara - The Nation Nigeria

Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday affirmed Mohammed Omar Bio as the House of Representatives-elect for Baruten /Kaiama Federal constituency of Kwara state.

Justice Mahmud Gafar made the pronouncement while ruling on a suit brought before the court by Abubakar Abdullahi. Abdullahi in the suit joined the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission as codefendants and prayed the court to declare him as the winner of the primary election conducted by the All Progressives Congress in Baruten /Kaiama federal constituency of Kwara state on October 5, 2018.

The court declared the case as staled and unenforceable having failed to satisfy section 289 of the 1999 Constitution fourth alteration which required that the suit to be filed within 14 days of the acquiral cause of action which is the day of placement of names by the third defendant which is INEC.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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