The governor's former party is unhappy that he left their platform after securing electoral victory
The PDP has accused the APC of using unwholesome practices to win members, but the ruling party has denied the accusatio
FCT, Abuja - The Zamfara state governor, Bello Matawalle, could be sacked from office if the Federal High Court in Abuja rules against him in a suit challenging his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The judge, Inyang Ekwo, reportedly took the decision after the plaintiffs in the suit, Sani Kaura Ahmed and Abubakar Muhammed, withdrew two interlocutory applications seeking to stop the governor and his deputy from defecting from the party.
The applications had not been heard by the court before Matawalle defected.
The judge also ordered that PDP be made the plaintiff and directed the party to amend and file all its processes within seven, The Tribune reported.
The suit was filed by the PDP members from Zamfara state who are aggrieved that the governor took the electoral victory he earned on the platform of the party to the rival APC.
The plaintiffs had argued in their suit that the governor is ineligible to continue to hold the positions on account of defection.
