The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State has rejected the Federal High Court judgement of Friday which barred it from fielding a governorship candidate in 2023.
The party at a briefing after a meeting of its leadership on Saturday, said it will appeal the judgement.
It expressed confidence that it will not only have a candidate for the 2023 governorship election but will win the contest.
Adamawa APC secretary Dr. Raymond Chidama, who read the position of the party, said in the wake of the court judgement, the party convened a stakeholders’ meeting with the state working committee, state executives, and local government chairmen of the party where it was agreed it should appeal the judgement immediately.
The Federal High Court sitting in Yola on Friday annulled the APC primary of May 26 and 27 which elected Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani as the party’s governorship candidate for 2023.
The court declared that the conduct of that primary was done in substantial noncompliance with the party’s rules and rejected an appeal for a fresh primary.
Stressing its resolve to pursue the case, the party said: “We thank the court for drawing our attention to the loopholes which, if not corrected, could cause future problems, but we the party totally reject the refusal of the court to order a fresh primary election for us to field a candidate for the 2023 governorship election. Therefore, we will proceed to the Court of Appeal immediately to press our demand.
“We want to assure our party members that we are going to participate in the 2023 governorship election and we shall take over governance of Adamawa State.”
On what chance the party thinks it has considering time limitations, Chidama said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would have to comply with whatever order the Court of Appeal may make eventually.