{"id":281904,"date":"2011-02-25T09:19:47","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T09:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/25\/abacha-candidacy-court-rules-on-march-4\/"},"modified":"2011-02-25T09:19:47","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T09:19:47","slug":"abacha-candidacy-court-rules-on-march-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/abacha-candidacy-court-rules-on-march-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Abacha candidacy: Court rules on March 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abuja \u2013 A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday reserved ruling to March 4 in a suit filed by Alhaji Mohammed Abacha challenging his substitution as CPC governorship candidate in Kano. <\/p>\n

Abacha, son of former Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha, approached the court on Jan. 24 to challenge the substitution after the party\u2019s gubernatorial primary.<\/p>\n

Justice Gabriel Kolawole reserved the judgment after counsel to the parties adopted their written addresses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have made substantial progress in this matter and with the adoption of the addresses today, are now set for judgment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The CPC, INEC and Mr Lawal Jafaru-Isa are defendants in the matter.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Chief Andrew Awomolo (SAN), counsel to INEC urged the court to hold that the party lacked the power to disqualify the plaintiff who scored the highest votes in the primary.<\/p>\n

Awomolo submitted that Abacha scored 144,066 votes to defeat four other contestants, and that Ja\u2019afar-Isa whose name was sent to INEC, scored 78,671 votes.<\/p>\n

He said that Sen. Rufai Hanga, Dr Awalu Anwa, as well as Mr Magaji Abdullahi scored 45, 618; 30,410; and 5,759 votes respectively.
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