They recently concluded primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the House, House and Senate have created a serious crisis for the party and its candidates in Nasra and the state and pose a serious problem that is now at stake. The possibility of political parties in the 2023 general elections.
One of the problems is the complexity of the many processes that arise as a result of primary party elections. Currently, there are about 15 other court cases pending in the promotion of the party to the party's various House, House and Senate APC candidates. There is concern that this crisis could threaten the APC's chances, especially in the state's gubernatorial/state congressional and presidential/congressional elections. The crisis erupted shortly after the party's primary election, with some disgruntled party members leaving the party and some filing lawsuits. The conspiracy and power contest of the Nasarawa West senator who recently became vacant with Abdullahi Adamu as the APC National Chairman is one of the issues threatening the opportunities of the strongest party in the region. It stays the same. Aspirant Senator Barrister Labaran Magaji recently filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Rafia for the appointment of Arch Shehu Tukur, anointed by the APC chairman, as the party's candidate for the 2023 election.
Two of the five municipalities that make up Senator Magaji's district, Keffi and Nasarawa, have said they have completely changed their House of Representatives list. He is therefore asking the court to nullify the 125 members of the two LGAs and declare himself (Magaji) the winner of the Senate primaries in the Senate based on the results of the remaining three LGAs: Karu, Toto and Kokona LGAs. Magaji won 114 votes against Tukur in the June 4, 2022 Nasarawa West APC primary election for the Senate. And Tukur won with 179 votes. Magaji challenged the authenticity of the 125 Keffi and Nasarawa LGA members present at the trial. In a recent retrial, the plaintiff found that some INEC documents submitted by the defendants were forged. And it's not real. The presiding judge Nehizina Idumudia Afolabi summoned the member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Omale Samuel, to court to correct the discrepancy between the signatures and seals.
Plaintiff Labaran Magaji, a candidate for the Senate, said in an interview with the correspondent: “We are very comfortable with the judicial process. Interestingly, we have restated a new set of false facts by the second defendant (Arch Tukur). Forging INEC seals and signatures and we are ready to take these people to court. Now is the time to revitalize our criminal investigation and hope some go to jail.
“Fake is what we are debating on the list of MPs and instead of giving the correct list of MPs to INEC, we create another list at the border or pocket and add a signature that claims to be the same. The signature was made by INEC staff and we take it very seriously. I entered politics because we need to clean up the system and because Nigeria will benefit, we can eradicate the criminal tendencies of our political system,” Magaji said.
It was dramatic when the case went to court recently when INEC received a court-ordered summons revealing a fraud perpetrated by Tukur to get the party's senatorial votes for his main rival to secure Magaji. After hearing arguments from all parties, President Justice Nehizina Idumudia stopped the nomination of Afolabi Tukur for the APC Senate in Nasarawa West and stayed until a certain date a court order to declare Magaji the true winner of the primary election. Notify the parties. APC senatorial candidate Tukur, an anointed candidate for the position of APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, was confused when he heard that INEC had found Omale Samuel in court. To certify some documents that are INEC documents evidence must be presented during the trial of INEC official Samuel whose signatures and seals are forged. In delivering the verdict, the court found it necessary to hear the witnesses before discussing the circumstances. Mr. Samuel not only signed the documents attached to the rebuttal statement but also denied having seen the documents of defendant 2 (Tukur). He also claimed that the signatures and seals on the documents do not belong to him and do not resemble him, adding that the guidelines pre-loaded by the second respondent are not those registered with APC INEC.
He also claimed that all the documents previously submitted by the respondent were not from INEC because they refused to sign the certification. He also said that he had never seen any of these documents before and had never authorized anyone to stamp and sign for him. He has been in the department since 2017 and there was no other Omale Samuel before that. The court showed the witness the seal and signature submitted by counsel for the 8th defendant as evidence in open court, and the court admitted and marked them as evidence.
The lawyers of the second defendant (Tukur) tried to refute the falsified evidence against the client, and in cross-examination they asked the witnesses to inform the court who forged the suspect's seal and signature. The plaintiff's counsel Ahmed Raji (SAN) raised the objection and the court allowed the objection. Presiding Judge Nehizina Idumudia Afolabi, who was responsible for all preliminary and substantive arguments on the matter, adjourned the decision for a day to inform all parties. APC lawyer Ibrahim Bawa (SAN) told reporters after the case concluded that he denied knowing about the sealing and signing of the documents presented in the summons, but said all issues had been discussed and the court would retain its decision. They were informed.
In addition, APC leader Abubakar Manu, one of Tucur's strongest supporters, expressed concern that legal action against the party could affect its chances of winning the election. He said the crisis threatening the APC emanated from the primaries, citing some disgruntled members as having reason to be angry. He lamented that the APC was in serious trouble as lawmakers who were unhappy with the results of the state and congressional primaries filed numerous court cases. Regardless of the outcome of the trial, he believes the loser could ultimately weigh the party in the 2023 election against its interests.
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