Court nullifies Binani’s election as Adamawa APC Guber Candidate

A Federal High Court sitting in Yola has nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary that produced Senator Aishatu Binani as the party’s governorship candidate for Adamawa State.

The court on Friday declared that there will be no candidate for the APC in the state for the 2023 elections but said both petitioner and defendants are free to appeal the ruling.

Senator Aishatu Binani had emerged winner of the Adamawa APC Governorship primaries held in the state making her the first female flag bearer of a major party to emerge in these primaries ahead of the in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.

Binani defeated the former Governor, Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla and Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

She scored 430 defeating Mr Ribadu who had 288 votes. She also defeated four other aspirants who were all men.

Binani’s success makes her only the second female flag bearer of a major political party in Nigeria.