A 5-member panel of judges of the Supreme Court led by Justice Alukayode Ariwoola, on Wednesday, fixed March 16, 2022 for judgement on the authentic chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 12, 2022 chairmanship election in Abaji Area Council.
Justice Ariwoola set the date for the judgment after counsels to the two aspirants Alhaji Mohammed Angulu Loko, who is the first respondent and Abubakar Umar Abdullahi, the third respondent adopted their written addresses.
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Counsel to Abdullahi, who is the third respondent, Abdul Mohammed (SAN), urged the court to nullify the ruling of both the FCT High Court and the appeal court which affirmed Alhaji Loko as the APC chairmanship candidate.
But counsel to the first respondent, Alhaji Loko, Matthew Bukka (SAN), prayed the court to uphold the ruling of the lower courts which affirmed Alhaji Loko as the authentic APC chairmanship candidate in the party’s primaries held on April 23, 2021.
