Court Didn’t Bar Me From Holding Political Office, Says Taraba Ministerial Nominee
The ministerial nominee from Taraba State, Senator Sani Abubakar Danladi, has debunked a story by an online medium that the Supreme Court in 2019 barred him from holding any political office for 10 years over forgery allegations.
Describing the story as a false representation of events, he said there was no subsisting judgment of any court in Nigeria disqualifying him from either contesting an election or barring him from holding any public office.
Danladi in a statement by his lawyer, Ujah Israel Ujah said the publication was false and an attempt to paint him in bad light.
He said the story was not only meant to portray him in bad light but also to present him as ineligible for the position for which President Bola Tinubu has nominated him, in the eyes of the approving agency.
The nominee noted that the case indeed came up on March 6, 2019, at the Federal High Court, Jalingo Division as delivered in Judgment in Suit NO: FHC/JAL/CS/1/2019 Between Usman Udi & 3 Ors. Vs. Abubakar Sani Danladi & Anor, wherein he, Senator Danladi was disqualified from contesting the gubernatorial election of Taraba State in the 2019 General Election.
He explained that on appeal against the decision to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, the appeal was struck out for being incompetent.
He added that it was based on the above that when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), before the 2023 general election challenged his candidature as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Taraba State, l the case was dismissed.
Ujah added, “Giving all these facts, it is clear for the blind to see and audible for the deaf to hear that there is no subsisting judgment of any court in Nigeria disqualifying our client from either contesting an election or barring him from holding any public office.” (The Nation)
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