{"id":10621,"date":"2019-05-25T10:26:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T10:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=10621"},"modified":"2019-05-25T10:26:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T10:26:42","slug":"why-apc-lost-to-pdp-in-zamfara-shehu-sani-reacts-to-supreme-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/why-apc-lost-to-pdp-in-zamfara-shehu-sani-reacts-to-supreme-court-ruling","title":{"rendered":"Why APC lost to PDP in Zamfara -Shehu Sani reacts to Supreme Court ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shehu Sani, lawmaker representing Kaduna Central at the Senate has stated why the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) lost Zamfara State.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the victory of the APC in the last general elections in Zamfara State.<\/p>\n<p>Further, the Supreme Court, in a unanimous judgement by a seven-member panel, decided that a party that had no valid candidate cannot be said to have emerged winner of the recently conducted general elections.<\/p>\n<p>In an appeal filed by the APC, the apex court ruled against the appellant and ordered a fine of N10 million against the APC.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the Supreme Court ruling, the Kaduna lawmaker said the ruling party lost the state because they did nothing to confront the security situation in the state.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on his Twitter page: \u201cThe spirits of the innocents in their sepulchre, haunted and crumbled the Zamfara ruling elites political tower. The lessons: never make a Ladder from woods of a coffin.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shehu Sani, lawmaker representing Kaduna Central at the Senate has stated why the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) lost Zamfara State. The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the victory of the APC in the last general elections in Zamfara State. 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