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Osun by-election: APC chieftain, APGA chairman ask court to disqualify Hussain

The Assistant Auditor of the All Progressives Party in Osun State , Tajudeen Adekunbi , and the Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance , Olatunji Popoola have asked the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo to disqualify the APC candidate in Osun West Senatorial District by - election, Senator Mudasiru Hussain.
Another member of the APC in the state, Mr . Basiru Adigun , and the two politicians filed a suit before the court asking for Hussain’s disqualification ahead of July 8 by - election on the grounds that he ( APC candidate) did not resign his appointment as a commissioner 30 days before the date of the poll .
Apart from the APC candidate, the plaintiffs joined the Independent National Electoral Commission ; Osun State Government ; Chairman of the APC screening committee for the by -election, Sanusi Rikiji and chairman of the appeal committee of the APC ,
Abdullahi Bello as defendants in the suit.
The plaintiffs claimed that Hussain did not resign 30 days before the date of the election as prescribed by the constitution , saying he should be disqualified based on the violation of the constitution .
In the originating summon and a sworn affidavit deposed to by the first plaintiff , Popoola, the plaintiff asked the court to determine whether the qualification for senatorial election is not governed by Section 65 and 66 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , 1999 as amended .
The plaintiffs asked to “ Whether the disqualification of the 1st defendant ( Hussain) by the 3rd defendant ( Rikiji) and 4th defendant ( Bello ) is not in compliance with the term and tenure of Section 66 ( 1) (f ) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , 1999 and APC 2014 guidelines for nomination of candidates for public office.
“ Whether the 5th defendant (INEC ) can validly accept the 1st defendant as the candidate of the 2nd defendant ( APC ) for the purpose of 8 th July 2017 Osun West Senatorial by - election, the 1 st defendant having not resigned his appointment from the public service of the 6 th defendant ( Osun State government ) as Commissioner in charge of cabinet matters less than 30 days before the said by - election.”

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