The Federal High court in Dutse has ordered Muhammad Idris of All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the Kazaure constituency in the state House of Assembly to vacate his seat for his main challenger, Bala Hamza for presenting forged certificate.
He was declared winner of the primary election conducted on 26 May, Mr Idris got 29 votes while Mr Hamza scored 24 votes.
However, Mr Hamza challenged the result in court. He argued that five party delegates from his constituency were “intimidated and disenfranchised” during the primary election. He also claimed that Mr Idris presented a forged educational certificate to the INEC.
On Thursday, the trial judge, Hassan Dikko, said the court was convinced that Mr Idris was not validly elected as the party’s candidate. The court also ruled that it was convinced that Mr Idris forged the certificate he submitted for the primary election.
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