The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) has finally admitted Zamfara APC candidates into the 2019 general election.
This follows the Court of Appeal ruling on Thursday that the electoral commission should accept Zamfara APC candidates for the elections.
The Zamfara APC candidates were barred from contesting the forthcoming general elections owing to an internal crisis, which did not allow the party to conduct its primaries within the time frame set by INEC.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which barred the APC from fielding candidates, in consonance with the earlier decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Federal High Court gave its ruling on 25 January on the same day that another court upheld the primaries organised by the state chapter of the party.
But a 3- man panel of the appellate court described the judgment in Abuja as an abuse of court process. The panel held that the trial court lacked the jurisdiction to have entertained the suit.
The panel further said the suit at the Federal High court was filed out of time.
It said while the electoral act provided for 14 days to institute a suit after the cause of action had arisen, the suit was filed 15 days after, making the action illegal.