APC Guber Candidate Has Been Disqualified For Alleged Falsification Of Age In Taraba State...

The Federal High Court in Jalingo on Wednesday disqualified Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State from contesting the polls on Saturday over alleged falsification of age.

The decision of the court followed a case instituted against Danladi, APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by APC members who are aggrieved over Danladi’s “dubious emergence” as the party’s candidate.


The plaintiffs’ lawyer, Imoukhuede Hope, Esq., via an originating summon, dated January 9, 2019, had sought a declaration that:
“The information contained in the affidavit supporting the personal particulars that Sani Abubakar Danladi was born on the February 14, 1968 is in conflict with Sani Abubakar Danladi’s date of birth contained in his West African Senior School Certificate submitted to INEC by him which indicates that Sani Abubakar Danladi was born on 3rd April 1977”

Their lawyer further sought an order of the court to disqualify the Taraba APC flag bearer (Danladi) from contesting the March 9, 2019 governorship poll.

Justice Stephen Pam of the Federal High Court, in his judgement yesterday upheld the submissions of the plaintiffs. He ordered that “Danladi is disqualified from contesting the March 9, governorship election.”
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