●Says despite judgement, party will step up arrangement for Nov 11 poll
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulahi Ganduje, said that the ruling party would appeal the Abuja high court judgment that sacked Timipre Sylva as the party’s candidate for the November 11, 2023 gubernatorial election.
Speaking with State House Correspondent, on Tuesday, after a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, Ganduje described the judgment as unfortunate on the one hand and and democracy in action on the other hand.
He said APC would approach the Appeal court to set aside the ruling in the case instituted by a party man who had no locus standi.
He said: “Well, it’s unfortunate that judgment, but we can say that it is democracy in action. But we learned that the person who took the issue to the court of law is not even qualified, because he did not contest with Sylva.
“Therefore, he’s not even qualified for him to take the issue to the court. However, we are appealing. We’re waiting for the judgment and then we appeal for calm on that issue. ”
He said that the party would not relent in its campaign for the governorship seat in Bayelsa State despite the distraction occasioned by the court ruling.
According to the former Kano state governor: “Last two weeks I was in Bayelsa for two good days and I think they were ready and they’re still ready to win the election.
“Therefore, this is a little distraction anyway, but we will overcome it. We believe the appeal court will give us positive judgment but that will not stop us from making arrangement for the forthcoming election which is coming up on 11th November 2023.”
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