BAZAMFARA

The  Zamfara State All Progressives Congress (APC) has received the news   of the Appeal Court, Sokoto Division reserving its judgment in the appeal filed by the opposition PDP challenging governor Matawalle's defection to APC. The presiding Judge, Justice A A Gumel of the appeal court today reserved judgment till further notice, a case filed by some PDP members seeking the court to remove Zamfara Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle from office. The case which was earlier heard and dismissed by a Gusau Federal High Court was also joined by the impeached Zamfara former deputy governor, Barr. Mahdi Ali Gusau. The appellants who were aggrieved by Matawalle's defection from the PDP to the APC in Zamfara last year, are demanding the court to compel the governor to refund the salaries he collected from the time of his defection to date. While the Gusau Federal High Court presided over by Justice AA Bappa in his well considered judgement dismissed the action with substantial cost,...