File photo: Sani Shinkafi
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress and aspirant for the Zamfara North Senatorial District, Dr Sani Shinkafi, has dragged the party, the Independent National Electoral Commission and Senator Sahabi Ya’u before the Federal High Court in Gusau over what he described as the unlawful imposition of a consensus candidate.
In the suit marked FHC/GS/CS/6/2026 and filed on May 25 by his counsel, Bello Idris Galadi, Shinkafi challenged the emergence of Ya’u as the APC consensus candidate for Zamfara North, insisting that no valid consensus agreement was reached among the cleared aspirants.
The plaintiff argued that he neither withdrew voluntarily from the race nor endorsed any aspirant as the consensus candidate ahead of the primary election allegedly conducted on May 19, 2026.
Shinkafi further accused the APC of violating provisions of the Electoral Act 2026, the party’s constitution and its guidelines governing direct and consensus primaries.
