Kogi Guber: Appeal Court Returns Wada as PDP Guber Candidate
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Tuesday, allowed the appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 16, 2019, gubernatorial election held in Kogi State, Engineer Musa Wada.
The appellate court, in a ruling in the suit marked CA/A/193/2020 between Musa Wada and Abubakar Mohammed Ibrahim Idris and others, held that, “It is crooked colt of discretion for a court to raise an issue suo motu (raising issues that were not raised by any of the parties in litigation) and determine same without hearing parties.
The three-member panel of Justices of the court, led by Justice Ibrahim Muhammad Saulawa also set aside every order made by the trial to the effect that there was no primary election by PDP in the state and that the appellant was not a candidate in the election.
“Every order made by the trial court that there was no primary election and that the appellant was not a candidate in the election is hereby set aside”, the Court of Appeal held.
