The election of a former Commissioner of Health and Hospital Services, Dr. Mustapha Jibrin Alheri, the Chanchaga Local Government Council’s Chairmanship candidate on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Councils elections held last month in the state, has been nullified a few minutes to his swearing-in ceremony at the government house Conference Hall in Minna. He had emerged alongside his colleagues in the Councils elections across the 25 Local Government Areas of the state by the Niger State Independent electoral commission.
The Court presided over by Justice Muhammad Muhammed consequently declared Yusuf Aminu Ladan as the authentic APC candidate for Chanchaga local government Council in the just concluded council election in the state.
Yusuf Aminu Ladan had approached the court, alleging that his name was substituted after the primary election of the ruling Party (APC in the local government area.
Justice Muhammed, after reviewing the claims of Ladan and that of the defendant, Dr. Mustapha Jibrin, the APC and the State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC) ruled that Dr. Jibrin did not participate in the primary election, adding that his name was unlawfully submitted to the NSIEC by the APC.
The presiding judge also held that based on the evidence before the court, Dr. Mustapha Jibrin was part of the stakeholders from the Chanchaga local government Council who conducted the primary election that produced Ladan as the APC’s consensus candidate.
The court thereby ordered the state electoral umpire to present a certificate of return to Ladan and withdraw that of the former Commissioner, Dr. Jibrin
Justice Mohammed also ordered the State Executive Council to swear- in Ladan as the chairman, of the Chanchaga local government Council of the State.
However, the State Executive Council had sworn- in the elected 25 local government councils chairmen including the said Aminu Ladan.
[12/13, 14:42] Ali Adoyi Abah: Biafra: UK govt moves to deport Nnamdi Kanu’s steward
There are plans to extradite one of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s personal stewards and member of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from the United Kingdom.
The steward, Mr Emeka Ani is currently facing UK visa administrative removal to Nigeria based on contending issues which according to members of IPOB in the United Kingdom may result to his arrest on arrival in Nigeria.
Concerned IPOB Lawyers in a statement issued to reporters in Awka, Anambra State and signed by Bar Uchenna Okesieme; said, “We the Concerned Lawyers of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wish to express our fears and apprehension over the fate of one of our members, Mr Kingsley Emeka Ani over his visa issues.
“Sir you are aware of the fate of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and other numerous members who are dying in detention as well as those who had died in the process, “In the light of this, we appeal to the authorities of the United Kingdom to tamper justice with mercy by not extraditing Ani to Nigeria."
The statement further said Ani "has several dependents that see him as their last hope and only benefactor and his forceful return to Nigeria and ultimate arrest and detention by the Nigerian government would spell doom for him and his family members."
