Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s nomination as the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) presidential candidate has been deemed “invalid, null, and void” by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
This was said in a statement released on Saturday and signed by the party’s national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba.
The PDP based their argument that Tinubu’s nomination was unlawful on a September 30, 2022 ruling that invalidated the conduct of Mai Mala Buni, the governor of Yobe State.
Buni served as the APC national caretaker committee’s chairman immediately before him.
The party held a convention under his direction, and Abdullahi Adamu emerged as the national chairman.
Tinubu received 1,271 votes in the presidential primary held by the Adamu-led administration in June, defeating 13 other candidates.
The PDP claimed that Buni’s conduct as the caretaker committee’s chairman and an active governor violated the constitution’s Section 183.
A state governor “must not, during the period while he holds office, assume any other administrative office or paid job in whatever capacity,” according to Section 183 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 Constitution (as amended), which was cited by the party.
The Federal High Court’s ruling on September 30, 2022, has the effect that all decisions made by Governor Mai Mala Buni in her capacity as the APC’s chairman are invalid since you cannot erect something on nothing and expect it to stand, according to the statement.
Therefore, the Congresses and National Convention that produced the APC Excos, including the NWC led by Sen. Adamu Abdullahi, are null and void.
Sen. Adamu Abdullahi-led NWC’s primaries and presidential convention, as well as Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s nomination as the APC’s presidential candidate, were effectively illegitimate, void, and unconstitutional from the start.