A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) and aspirant
for Kaduna South Federal Constituency in the 2019 House of Representatives
election, Mallam Yusuf Ali (Raba Gardama) has dragged the party to the Federal
High Court in Abuja Judicial Division over alleged irregularities on the
recently concluded primaries election.
In an originating summon before the
court filed through his lead counsel, Barr. S.O. Achugamuonye with suit no:
FHC/ABJ/CS/1314/2018, the party chieftain posed eight critical questions for
which determination are sought alongside a twenty-six paragraph affidavit he
deposed in support of the originating summons.
In his media briefing in Abuja on
Friday, Raba Gardama regretted that all his efforts to resolve the matter
amicably by the party remained a futility, hence his option to seek redress in
the court of law adding that his overall interest is to enthrone justice, fairness
and equality in line with the party’s constitution and manifesto.
Amongst the reliefs sought is “a
declaration that what happened on 6th October, 2018 was not a primary
election but a selection by group of powerful individuals and that the outcome
of it is invalid, null and void and of no effect”.
Others are “an order of perpetual
injunction restraining the 2nd Defendant from recognising and/or
accepting the name of the 3rd Defendant and acting upon any other
names or candidate from 1st Defendant or its agents, other than the
plaintiff as the 1st defendant’s candidate for the Kaduna South
Federal Constituency Election which will take place in 2019”.
The reliefs includes “an order
directing the 1st Defendant to pay the sum of N100, 000, 000:00 (One
hundred million naira) as general damages to the plaintiff”.
The three defendants are; All
Progressives Congress, Independent National Electoral Commission and Mukhtar
Ahmed Monrovia as 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants
respectively.
The matter is slated for hearing
before Justice Giwa Ogunbinjo on 13th December, 2018.
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