The Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress(NDC) has threatened to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission over the exclusion of its governorship candidate, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, from the record of candidates for the 2027 governorship election.
The state chairman of the social gathering, Husseini Mairiga, stated the NDC would search authorized redress if INEC did not resolve its grievance over the exclusion, including that the social gathering had but to obtain any response from the fee following the expiration of the October 24 deadline for complaints.
Mairiga disclosed this in a phone interview with Leadership reporter on Sunday, saying he would search an replace on the matter throughout a go to to Abuja on Monday.
“Up to now, we have not heard anything from INEC. I even asked my leaders at the national level, but they have not received any information either,” he stated.
The chairman stated he supposed to make use of his go to to Abuja to search out out the standing of the social gathering’s grievance and decide the subsequent step.
“From there, I will try to see what is going on and get an update,” he added.
Mairiga, nevertheless, stated the social gathering was ready to method the court docket if the fee failed to deal with its considerations.
“If INEC does not give us any update, we are going to court. We cannot just leave it like that,” he stated.
The NDC had earlier lodged a grievance by way of its nationwide management after INEC directed affected political events to report grievances over the exclusion of their candidates by October 24.
Mairiga maintained that Gwarzo was certified to contest the election, insisting that the candidate was a duly registered member of the social gathering.
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