The All Progressives Congress in Zamfara state has been cleared to field candidates in the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electral Commission (INEC) has confirmed.
INEC on Friday said candidates of APC will participate in the National Assembly, Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the state.
This was made known in a statement signed by Festus Okoye, Chairman of the Information and Voters Education Committee of INEC, on Friday.
According to the electoral umpire, the decision was reached after a judgment by the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday.
According to the statement, INEC said it will always obey court judgment an orders thereby paving way for the development.
“In the case of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, the Federal High Court, Abuja and the Zamfara State High Court issued conflicting orders relating to the participation of the APC in the two strands of elections scheduled for 23rd February and 9th March 2019.
“While the former ruled that the APC, having failed to conduct party primaries cannot field candidates in the said election, the latter decided that it can field candidates having conducted valid party primaries,” he said.
