APC Northwest zone promises adherence to Electoral Act during Campaigns

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Northwest zone, has assured Nigerians of its commitment to adhere strictly to the code of conduct stipulated in the Electoral Act and not involve itself in any form of character assassination during the campaigns.

The Zonal Secretary of the party, Honourable Bello Muhammad, disclosed this at the zonal party’s secretariat in Kaduna.

The party’s leadership in the zone also said its campaigns would be issue-based and not attack other political parties or candidates while campaigning.

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While speaking on court cases, Muhammad said 25 out of the 36 cases against the party at the law court, arising from the pre-election matters, had been won in favour of the party in the zone.

“Some of these cases involve members of our party against another member, while others are inter-party issues.

“But, as I said earlier, 25 cases have been won with the combinations of reconciliation mechanisms and court verdicts.

“We will not relent in ensuring that other pending cases are settled out of court using the reconciliation mechanism. As a progressive party, we do not want to see our members pursuing any court case against one another.

“Today, because of the party’s leadership efforts, on the average, we have 10 to 11 cases pending at the court, and this is a plus to the party in view of the number of cases that the party had earlier.

“As a party, our responsibility is to unite our members, and that is exactly what we are doing to ensure that our members are united,” he explained.

Earlier, the Director of Legal Services, Sanusi Samaila (Esq), who represented the National Legal Adviser of the party, Ahmad Usman El-Marquk, mentioned that the party would be guided against abusing the provision of the electoral act.

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