All Progressives Congress (APC) has ruled out the possibility of statutory delegates voting during its presidential primary.
This is despite the Federal High Court ruling that statutory delegates were eligible to vote at the party’s special convention which commences on June 6.
Justice A.M Liman, of the Federal High Court in Kano had held that, “Section 84(8) cannot be interpreted to have excluded statutory delegates from voting at the convention, congress or meeting, by virtue of Section 223 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Article 20(iv)(c) of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Constitution, which allow Statutory Delegation to vote at convention, congress or meeting.”
However, Adamu told journalists in Abuja that the party has appealed the judgement, adding that the primary would take place without the participation of the statutory delegates.
He said, “I am a lawyer; we have served notice of appeal and the matter is in the court and as far as we are concerned, this convention is concerned, statutory delegates are excluded.”
