The supreme court in a landmark judgement of Friday May 24th affirmed the ruling of the Court of Appeal that disqualified the candidates of the Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressive Congress from participating in the 2019 general election. The apex court based it’s ruling on the ground that the primaries conducted by the state chapter of the APC was not inline with the provisions of the electoral act. Acting on the judgement,the leadership of Inec convened a meeting where the issues at stake were delibrated. Addressing a press conference at the Commission headquarters in Abuja, Inec Chairman Prof Mahmud Yakubu declared the candidates of the PDP winners in the Governorship and National Assembly elections.
