From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
The legal field operations committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Northwest has disclosed that over 30 legal cases have been instituted against the party at the end of the various primary elections held in the zone.
This was disclosed by the National Legal Adviser of APC, Ahmed Usman El-Marzuq while addressing a press conference in Kaduna at the end of its maiden meeting on Thursday.
El-Marzuq said most of the cases arose from intra party and inter party crisis during the primary election.
He also said he would carry out a similar visit to the remaining five political zones across the country.
” Today the Zonal legal field operations committee met in Kaduna . In attendance were legal advisers from Kano, Kebbi, Kaduna, Sokoto, the Northwest legal adviser as well as legal advisers from the National headquarters.
e purpose of our meeting is to address legal issues that have emanated from the primaries during the state assemblies, House of Representatives, Senate and Presidential elections.
” During such exercises issues of complains and petitions are usually received. The law has provided remedies for such complaints to be pursue in the various courts in the land.
” We know at this stage the other parties and aggrieved party members will employ legal representation as well . So the meeting was intended to strategize ahead of the 2023 elections.
Thus, he said the maiden meeting availed them the opportunity to know the number of cases filed in the various courts, saying,” plus or minus we can say we have about 30 cases so far in the North West zone .
Highlighting on the cases he said some of the cases are coming from even the opposition parties, but was quick to add, I assure you the cases will not affect the fortunes of the party in next year’s general elections.