Because the confusion rocking the Taraba state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepens, the Federal Excessive Courtroom sitting in Jalingo has mounted April 29, 2026, for the listening to of a swimsuit difficult the result of the current state congress held within the state.
The swimsuit is contesting the emergence of Alhaji Abubakar Bawa because the social gathering’s state chairman.
The case, marked FHC/JAL/CS/5/2026, was filed by a chairmanship aspirant, Abdulhadi Haruna Lau, who alleged that he was unjustly faraway from the method that produced a consensus candidate through the not too long ago concluded congress.
Lau, who dragged the social gathering to court docket, denied stepping down for any candidate, opposite to claims inside the APC. He acknowledged that the method resulting in the emergence of the state chairman lacked transparency and equity.
“The congress was performed with out my data as a result of I didn’t see members of the election or enchantment committees. In the event that they have been on floor, they need to have engaged all contestants earlier than the train, however that didn’t occur,” he stated.
He additional alleged that officers assigned to conduct the congress did not correctly interface with aspirants, claiming the committees have been successfully sidelined and prevented from interacting with some contestants.
Whereas displaying a receipt of the buy of his nomination kind earlier than newsmen, Lau stated he was disenchanted that the social gathering management didn’t clarify why he and his supporters have been allegedly excluded from the caucus assembly that produced the consensus candidate.
“I didn’t step down for anyone. I purchased my kind and was able to contest, however the course of was not clear,” he insisted.
He famous that he had formally petitioned the method and approached the court docket for redress, sustaining that the alleged irregularities left him with no choice however to problem the result legally.