The Supreme Court invalidated Emmanuel Bwacha’s candidature as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Taraba State on Wednesday, 23 days before the general elections.
The decision was made on Wednesday by a five-member panel under the direction of Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.
Bwacha was first removed from consideration as the APC’s candidate for governor by a federal high court in Jalingo, Taraba state, in September 2022.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court declared void Emmanuel Bwacha’s All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination for governor of Taraba State.
The decision was made on Wednesday by a five-member panel under the direction of Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.
A federal high court in Jalingo, Taraba state, first sacked Bwacha as the APC’s governorship candidate in September 2022 in a suit filed by David Sabo Kente, a governorship aspirant.
The Supreme Court affirmed the verdict of the federal high court which held that the APC did not conduct any valid governorship primary in Taraba State that produced Bwacha as governorship candidate.
