Ahead of the 2027 normal elections, the Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Monday has pronounced Honourable Ayuba Dalyop Mandung because the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for Jos South State Constituency within the Plateau State House of Assembly.
Mandung had approached the courtroom in go well with quantity FHC/J/CS/43/2026, searching for a declaration that he gained the celebration’s primary election after allegedly securing the very best quantity of votes introduced on the ward stage.
The courtroom, presided over by Justice Dorcas Agishi, additionally ordered the APC and different defendants to chorus from presenting Vincent because the celebration’s duly nominated candidate for the constituency.
The resolution adopted Mandung’s lawsuit towards Vincent, the APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which challenged the alleged alteration of the outcomes of the celebration’s primary election on May 20, 2026.
The dispute revolved across the alleged alteration of the APC primary election outcomes for Giring Ward after they have been introduced on the ward stage.
In its resolution, the courtroom held that the outcomes couldn’t be legally modified after they have been introduced on the ward stage. It additionally decided that Mandung had not acquired a good listening to.
The courtroom then issued a perpetual injunction prohibiting the defendants from presenting Vincent because the duly nominated APC candidate for Jos South State Constituency.
It additionally ordered the defendants to observe the provisions of the Constitution, the Electoral Act, and the APC’s candidate nomination pointers.
Furthermore, the courtroom issued a compulsory order directing the APC to submit Mandung’s identify to INEC as its duly nominated candidate for the constituency within the 2027 normal election, and in addition awarded ₦500,000 every towards Vincent, the APC and INEC.
The courtroom dismissed the preliminary objections raised by counsel to the defendants earlier than continuing to find out the substantive points in favour of Mandung.
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