From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
Mohammed, son of former head of state, the late Sani Abacha, has rejected an attempt by the national headquarters of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to replace him as the validly returned gubernatorial flag bearer of the party in Kano State.
In a statement, yesterday, he kicked against the listing of Sadiq, son of Aminu Wali, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The statement, signed by Manniru Maliafiya, spokesman to Abacha Campaign Organisation, insisted that Mohammed Abacha was duly elected by a constitutionally elected delegates, in a free and fair election, which was witnessed and testified to by INEC and the national delegates of PDP.
It recalled the Kano resident electoral commissioner sent his monitoring team as ordained by Section 84 of the 2022 Electoral Act (as amended) to witnessed the election, adding that he also attested to the public, days after, that the PDP primary conducted by the Sagagi faction, which produced Abacha as the winner, was the one recognised by INEC.
“But in the desperate moves to depriving a law-abiding fellow of his mandate, some self-appointed retired political scraps misled INEC headquarters, thereby presenting to them a judgment of the Court of Appeal nullifying the national delegates that took place in the PDP presidential primary,” he said in the statement.
He said it was the same set of delegates that elected Mohammed Abacha that also elected the presidential candidate of the party, cautioning that their daftly act could “lead to putting the candidature of presidential flag bearer in contention.”
He called on INEC chairman to scrutinise the court judgment presented to him and which served as the justification for replacing Abacha with Wali just as he called on their supporters to remain calm as their lawyers have already been directed to seek relief in court.