APC sues INEC over Zamfara
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the all progressives congress apc has sued the independent national electoral commission inec seeking an order to allow its candidates to participate in the forthcoming general elections in zamfara state1 in the suit filed at the federal high court in abuja the party further applied for an order of perpetual injunction to restrain inec from giving effect to the content of a letter with reg. no. lnecsec6541330 and dated october 9 which foreclosed it from presenting candidates in zamfara for failing to conduct its primaries within the stipulated time1 the court has fixed december 11 to commence hearing on the matter1 justice ijeoma ojukwu okayed the case for hearing on friday after she joined the governorship aspirant of apc in the state senator garba marafa and a senatorial aspirant alhaji siraju as well as seven other chieftains of the party as defendants in the suit1 apc in the suit marked fhcabjcs12792018 prayed the court to declare that inecs letter purporting to exclude the party from presenting and submitting the list of its candidates for the forthcoming election in zamfara state scheduled for 2019 is null void ultra vires and of no effect having regards to the provisions of sections 311 and 862 3 and 4 of the electoral act 2010 as amended1 a declaration that by virtue of section 361 of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of nigeria as amended and section 311 of the electoral act as amended the defendant lacks the power to refuse to collect the name of the plaintiffs candidates for zamfara state presented and to be submitted to it not later than 60 days before the election scheduled for february 20191 reported by vanguard1