The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the five-member panel of the Supreme Court justices, in a unanimous judgement on Friday, declared that the APC in Zamfara had no candidates in the 2019 general elections.
In the lead judgment by Justice Paul Galinji, the apex court held that all votes cast for the APC during the general election were “wasted votes”. “It is a sad day for every member of the APC. It is a very sad day for us,”Eta said while speaking on the development on telephone.On internal democracy in the party, Eta said internal democracy was a serious problem in the country, saying that it was work in progress.One of the party’s members of the National Working Committee , who spoke to NAN on grounds of anonymity, blamed the development on ego among some ranking officers of the party.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
What is sad about it? Like Rivers State like Zamfara...next time, we will learn to play by the rules.
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