The Supreme Court has ratified the nomination of Rufa’i Hanga as the Kano Central Senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the February 25 National Assembly election.
The affirmation was made by a five-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Inyang Okoro on Friday.
The apex faulted the refusal by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to replace Senator Ibrahim Shekarau with Hanga after Shekarau left the party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before the election.
Reading the judgment written by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, Justice Emmanuel Agim held the appeal by INEC and proceeded to dismiss it.
The court affirmed the two earlier concurrent judgments by the Federal High Court and Court of Appeal, both in Abuja, in which it was held that Hanga was the candidate of NNPP for the election.
