The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to sack the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle and his Deputy, Mahadi Aliyu Gusau, over their defection from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The request forms were filed by two PDP members from Zamfara State, Sani Kaura Ahmed and Abubakar Muhammed, in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/489/2021.
They want the court to, among others; declare that Matawalle and Gusau must resign from their offices before their defection to allow the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh election, within three months, for the PDP to replace them.
The opponents are contending that, in view of an earlier judgment of the Supreme Court, to the effect that the APC had no candidates in the 2019 governorship election in Zamfara State, having not conducted valid primaries, it would be unlawful for Matawalle to retain his office while defecting from the PDP to the APC, and thereby transfer PDP’s victory to the APC.
After listening to the plaintiff’s lawyer, Kanu Agabi, on Monday, Justice Inyang Ekwo granted an order of substituted service of the originating processes on the Governor and Deputy Governor.
