The Nigeria's Supreme Court has affirmed Dauda Lawal as the authentic governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara State for the Saturday's governorship election. The five-man panel of Justices in a unanimous judgment dismissed an appeal brought against the nomination by another governorship aspirant, Dr Ibrahim Gusau. In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro, the Nigeria apex court upheld submissions of the Counsel to Lawal, Damian Dodo, that his client was legally and lawfully nominated in line with the provisions of the law.
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Prof. Farooq Kperogi, a Nigerian social critic based in the United States, has stated that the Supreme Court ruling which gave victory to Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, to contest under the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) violated the will of voters. Kperogi stated this in his article titled, “Lawan and Supreme Court of Shameless Judicial Bandits” while lambasting the Supreme Court over the judgment.
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