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Zamfara: Timi Frank chides Sagay over comments on Supreme Court judgment
Professor Sagay in his reaction to the judgment of the Supreme Court on Zamfara and Rivers state dismissed the judicial pronouncements as travesty of justice and urged the APCâ€
s legal team to apply to the Supreme Court for a review of its judgement.
s legal team to apply to the Supreme Court for a review of its judgement.In Rivers, the APC was excluded from fielding candidates during the general elections following a Supreme Courtâ€s ruling.
s ruling.On Zamfara the apex court last Friday  upheld the decision of the Sokoto Division of the Court of Appeal to the effect that the APC did not conduct any valid primary election and as such had no candidate for any of the elections in the state .
Justice Paul Galinjee who read the lead judgment dismissed the votes scored by the APC candidates in the elections as wasted, and further submitted that the party and the candidates with the second highest votes and the spread in the various elections were the valid winners.
The judgment centres on the governorship, state House of Assembly and the National Assembly elections conducted in Zamfara State on February 23 and March 11 , 2019.
Frank in a statement warned that if Sagay was not urgently called to order by the Federal Government his statement was capable of negatively overheating the polity and rubbish the apex court in the land and by extension, the judiciary.
He said: “At his age and level of experience, Sagay should learn to stand by the truth instead of twisting the law for selfish ends. Sagay cannot claim to be more learned or more patriotic than the Justices of the Supreme Court. Therefore, asking the apex court to attempt to reverse itself is to court chaos.
“The Supreme Court has ruled fairly and justly concerning Zamfara and Rivers state; and the judgment made Nigerians proud and hopeful that there is still hope for the nationâ€s democracy despite the shenanigans we saw in the last general elections.
s democracy despite the shenanigans we saw in the last general elections.“The Supreme Court has demonstrated once again that the Judiciary is truly the last hope of the common man. Sagay’s position on issues concerning the aforementioned cases is irrelevant being an APC chieftain. So, if he does not like the judgements, let him appeal to God.”
According to the activist, “whenever a courtâ€s judgement is not in favour of the APC, it is miscarriage of justice but when it favours APC – even if unconstitutional means were used to procure it – it is a true justice.”
s judgement is not in favour of the APC, it is miscarriage of justice but when it favours APC – even if unconstitutional means were used to procure it – it is a true justice.”Zamfara: Timi Frank chides Sagay over comments on Supreme Court judgment
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