The African Democratic Congress primary election appeals committee in Kaduna State has affirmed the emergence of Shuaibu Mikati as the party’s governorship candidate, while ordering a fresh and rerun exercise in several federal and state constituencies.
This followed the treatment of petitions arising from the party’s recently concluded primaries.
Chairman of the committee, Dr Muhammed Fagge, announced the decisions on Tuesday, saying the panel carefully reviewed petitions, documentary evidence and submissions from aggrieved aspirants before reaching its verdicts.
Fagge, a retired Comptroller of Immigration, said the committee unanimously upheld Mikati’s victory after establishing that he secured the highest number of valid votes cast during the governorship primaries.
According to him, evidence presented before the panel also revealed irregularities and fraudulent activities allegedly linked to some competing governorship aspirants, which further reinforced the committee’s decision to affirm Mikati as the party’s flagbearer.
Fagge said, “The committee thoroughly examined all petitions and
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