APC Sues PDP, SDP Candidates Over Alleged Defections

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State has initiated legal proceedings against the governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mallam Mohammed Mamman Nami, and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed, SAN. The lawsuit, filed at the Minna Division of the Federal High Court, also includes the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the first defendant.

The APC claims that the candidates defected from the party without formally resigning. The legal action is represented by 11 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), led by Jacob Johnson Usman of Ojochogwu Chambers.

Other defendants include the PDP, SDP, African Democratic Congress (ADC), National Democratic Congress (NDC), and several individuals, including Peter Jiya, the senator representing Niger South, and Sadiq Mohammed Rabiu, the NDC senatorial candidate for Niger South. The APC seeks a court order to prevent the recognition of the defendants' alleged defection and to restrain INEC from acknowledging them as members or candidates of their new parties.