THE WRONGS AGAINST LAWAL ADAMU USMAN

The federal high court sitting in Kaduna preVLGHG RYHU E\ -XVWLFH 0* 8PDU LQ D VXLW ÀOHG E\ Ibrahim Usman challenging the declaration of Lawal Adamu Usman aka Mr. LAA as the senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kaduna Central in the party primary election held on the 23rd of May 2022 set aside Mr LAA’s victory and ordered for a rerun within14 days of the date of his judgement. In the said primaries Mr LAA triumphed having scored the majority vote in a keen contest; he polled 99 votes against his closest rival Ibrahim Usman who polled 84 votes. A total of 248 votes were cast out of 250 voters accredited. The reWXUQLQJ R΀FHU 'LQJ\DGL PDGH D SXEOLF DQQRXQFHment of the outcome which was witnessed by all the security agencies present including INEC. The national working committee erroneously wrote a letter directing the repeat of the electoral process based on a petition surreptitiously submitted to undermine the process and spurn the candidature of Mr LAA.

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