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ZAMFARA PDP PRIMARIES: FHC GUSAU DIVISION REFUSES TO TRANSFER CASE OVER INSECURITY.

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The presiding judge of the Federal High Court Gusau Justice Aminu Bappa has refused a request by the counsel to the people’s Democratic Party P.I.N Ikwueto SAN to transfer the case filed by Dr. Ibrahim Shehu Gusau against Dr. Dauda Lawal and People’s Democratic Party to Abuja over reason of

When the matter came up on Wednesday 26th October 2022 Justice Aminu Bappa acknowledged the receipt of a letter from Barr. P.I.N Ikwueto SAN counsel to the 1st, 3rd and 4th defendants requesting for the court to transfer the matter to Abuja over insecurity.

But Justice Bappa refused the request and ordered parties to instead prepare to adopt their final written addresses on Monday the 31st of October 2022.

The refusal to transfer the case as requested by the defendants may not be unconnected with the provision of Rule 8(1) of the Federal High Court Practice Directions for pre-election matters 2022 which provides that:

“All suits wherein the cause of action arose in a judicial division and the reliefs seeks a declaration or to compel or restrain person(s), natural or legal within that judicial division with no consequence of it shall be filed, received or heard only within that judicial division”.

Based on this ruling on the time frame sets for adoption of written addresses, the judge may also be conscious of order 6(1), (2) and (3) of the Federal High Court Practice Directions for pre-election matters 2022 which provides that:

“Upon the close of exchange of processes between the parties, the court shall within 7 (seven) days set down the matter for hearing”.

“The court shall continue to accord priority to all pre-election matters until judgement is delivered”.

“Where a matter comes up for hearing under this practice direction and either of the parties is absent, the court shall either SUO MOTU or upon oral application by the counsel for the party present order that the address of the party absent be deemed adopted if it is satisfied that the parties had notice of proceedings”.

It could be recalled that, Dr. Ibrahim Shehu Gusau and Hafiz Aliyu Muhammad approached the Federal High Court Gusau challenging the recent pdp primaries for non compliance with the mandatory provisions of Section 82(1) of the electoral act 2022 as amended and part V8(A) of the PDP guidelines for the conduct of primaries.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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Former Speaker of Zamfara House of Assembly Sanusi Garba Rikiji of the APC has scored a total of (229) votes to defeat the PDP who polls (61) votes only.

His poling unit is Rumfar Galadima (013) in Gusau the capital city of Zamfara State.

As for the result of the state house of assembly in his poling units, APC scored a total of (232) to defeat the PDP who polls (51) votes.

Rikiji is currently the house of reps candidate for Gusau and Tsafe in the 2023 election, whose election was declared inclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He is contesting the seat together with the serving members Kabiru Amadu Mai Palace, who is from the opposition PDP.

 

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CHAIR ZBIRS, WORKS COMMISSIONER, DELIVERS POLING UNITS

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The Chairman of Zamfara State Board of Internal Revenue Service, Ali Akilu Dama Bungudu has also delivered his poling unit.

His party the APC scored a total (173) to defeat the PDP who scored (111) votes.

Similar votes were also recorded for both political parties at the level of State assembly elections.

Similarly, Zamfara State Commissioner for Works Rabiu Garba Gusau has delivered his poling units with a wide margin to defeat the PDP.

APC scored (96) votes to defeat the opposition People’s Democratic Party, which scored (16) votes for both the Governorship election and state assembly for Gusau (1) at his poling unit.

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SHA’AYAU S. PAWA MAFARA SCORES (502) VOTES TO DEFEAT PDP WITH ZERO VOTE.

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A political ally of former Governor Yari Sha’ayau Yusuf S. Paws has defeated PDP in his Township Primary school poling unit in Talatar Marafa local government area of Zamfara State.

According to an official result sheet, the politician who is a member of All Progressives Congress (APC) scored (502) votes to defeat the PDP who scored (0) votes.

The politician has made history since 2015 by maintaining the only poling units which opposition party has never won a single vote during election.

He repeated the same history during the 2023 Presidential and national assembly elections conducted three weeks back, when PDP failed to score a single vote.

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