Appeal Court Voids Judgment Nullifying Kano LG Election
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ABUJA – Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Friday, invalidated a judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano, which voided the composition of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission and the Local Government Council election held on October 26, 2024.
Justice Biobele Georgewill, leading a 3-man panel, held that the Federal High Court was bereft of jurisdictional power to adjudicate on matters concerning state electoral bodies and their members.
Specifically, the appellate court opined that these matters should be heard by the Kano State High Court.
Consequently, the panel accepted appeals from the Kano State Attorney General, the Kano State House of Assembly, and KASIEC, against the judgment of the Federal High Court, Kano.
More so, Justice Georgewill and his panel members dismissed the cases at the Federal High Court for want of authority.
Similarly, the Court of Appeal overturned another ruling of the Federal High Court
that had earlier rejected the list of candidates sent to KASIEC by one faction of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for the recent local government election.
The Court noted that party leadership and candidate choices are internal affairs of political parties, and therefore, cannot be determined by a court.
According to the Court of Appeal, the matter, which involved a legal altercation over NNPP leadership and candidate lists from two groups, was not within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to handle.
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