ADC Orders Fresh, Rerun Primaries In Several Kaduna Constituencies

The Appeal Committee of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has taken fresh decisions on the primaries conducted in Kaduna State ahead of the 2027 elections.

Naija News reports that the committee ordered fresh and rerun primary elections in several federal and state constituencies in Kaduna.

However, it upheld the emergence of Shuaibu Idris Mikati as the party’s governorship candidate for the 2027 polls.

Chairman of the Appeals Committee, Dr. Muhammed Mustapha Fagge, announced the decisions after the panel concluded its review of petitions arising from the party’s recently conducted primary elections.

According to him, the decisions of the committee were taken based on fairness, transparency and in compliance with the party’s electoral procedures for resolving disputes arising from the primaries.

Fagge said that in reaching its decisions, the committee examined petitions, documentary evidence and submissions from aggrieved aspirants.

Apart from Mikati, the panel also upheld the victories of Tukur Salisu Kakeyi in the Zaria Federal Constituency primary and Muhammed Mahmoud Aliyu in the Soba Federal Constituency contest, based on votes cast during the exercises.

However, the committee ordered fresh or rerun primaries in a number of constituencies where it identified irregularities, procedural lapses, omitted aspirants or insufficient evidence regarding the conduct of the elections.

In the Ikara/Kubau Federal Constituency, the committee directed a rerun primary after finding that a screened aspirant, Ibrahim Danlami Kubau, was omitted from the ballot.

A fresh primary election was also ordered for Kaduna South Federal Constituency following findings that there was inadequate evidence to confirm that elections were conducted across all wards in the constituency.

Fagge said rerun elections would take place in affected wards and constituencies across Kaura, Soba, Ikara, Kajuru, Badarawa/Malali, Magajin Gari II, Birnin Gwari, Tudun Wada West, Igabi, Kagarko, Kawo, Zaria, Chikun/Kajuru and Kudan/Makarfi, among others.

The committee also ruled on the Kaduna North Senatorial District primary, stating that any consensus or affirmation arrangement must have the consent of all parties involved to be considered valid.