Mohammed Abacha has been declared as the duly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Kano State on Thursday, 22 December.
Justice A. M. Liman of the Federal High Court declared the Kano PDP governorship primary that produced Sadik Wali invalid and affirmed Abacha the elected candidate.
Additionally, the judgment ordered that Abacha’s name be cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The judgment was originally set for Thursday at noon but was moved to 4pm.
All the plaintiff’s requests in the case were granted by the court.
Abacha is the plaintiff in the case, with Wali, INEC and PDP as the defendants.
Abacha had asked that the court to declare him the winner of the primary lawfully conducted by the PDP and certified by INEC in Kano.
He said that based on the Electoral Act 2022, he had scored the highest number of total votes in the election held on 25 May.
