{"id":120522,"date":"2019-05-25T12:05:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T11:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=120522"},"modified":"2019-05-25T12:05:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T11:05:39","slug":"zamfara-full-list-of-35-apc-candidates-sacked-by-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=120522","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara: Full list of 35 APC candidates sacked by Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Offa-Robbery-Medical-expert-reveals-details-of-injuries-on-suspects.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">The Supreme Court on Friday, sacked 35 candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state.<\/p>\n<p>APC had what it considered a clean sweep in the state, but the apex court has now awarded the ruling party\u2019s votes to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p>The cause of this massive loss by the ruling party, could be traced to internal crisis that prevented it from holding primary elections.<\/p>\n<p>In all, APC lost seven House of Representatives seats, three senatorial positions, 24 House of Assembly seats and the governorship.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a full list of those affected by the ruling:<\/p>\n<p>SENATE<\/p>\n<p>Tijjani Yahaya, Zamfara north<br \/>\nAliyu Bilbis, Zamfara central<br \/>\nAbdulaziz Yari, Zamfara west<\/p>\n<p>HOUSE OF REPS<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Ibrahim \u2013 Birnin-Mogaji Kaura-Namoda\/Birnin Magaji federal constituency<br \/>\nHusaini Moriki \u2013 Shinkafi\/Zurmi federal constituency<br \/>\nRikiji Garba \u2013 Gusau\/Tsafe federal constituency<br \/>\nZubairu Bungudu \u2013 Bungudu\/Maru federal constituency<br \/>\nSharu Anka \u2013 Anka\/Talata Mafara federal constituency<br \/>\nMuhammad Rini \u2013 Bakura\/Maradun federal constituency<br \/>\nBukkuyum Jibo \u2013 Gummi\/Bukkuyum federal constituency<\/p>\n<p>STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar Kaura \u2013 Kaura Namoda south constituency<br \/>\nKabiru Moyi \u2013 Birnin Magaji constituency<br \/>\nYusif Moriki \u2013 Zurmi East constituency<br \/>\nMannir Aliyu \u2013 Zurmi west constituency<br \/>\nShehu Maiwurno \u2013 Shinkafi constituency<br \/>\nAliyu Abubakar \u2013 Tsafe East constituency<br \/>\nAminu Danjibua \u2013 Tsafe West constituency<br \/>\nDalhatu Magami \u2013 Gusau East constituency<br \/>\nSanusi Liman \u2013 Gusau West constituency<br \/>\nIbrahim Hassan \u2013 Bungudu East constituency<br \/>\nYakubu Bature \u2013 Bungudu West constituency<br \/>\nIbrahim Habu \u2013 Maru North constituency<br \/>\nHaruna Abdullahi \u2013 Maru south constituency<br \/>\nMustapha Gado \u2013 Anka constituency<br \/>\nIsah Abdulmumini \u2013 Talata Mafara North constituency<br \/>\nAliyu Kagara \u2013 Talata Mafara South constituency<br \/>\nMohammed Sani \u2013 Bakura constituency<br \/>\nYahaya Shehu \u2013 Maradun 1 constituency<br \/>\nYahaya Abdullahi \u2013 Maradun 2 constituency<br \/>\nAliyu Gayari \u2013 Gummi 1 constituency<br \/>\nAminu Falale \u2013 Gummi 2 constituency<br \/>\nYahaya Jibrin \u2013 Bukkuyum North constituency<br \/>\nTukur Dantawasa \u2013 Bukkuyum South constituency<\/p>\n<p>Lawan Liman \u2013 Kaura Namoda North constituency.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Friday, sacked 35 candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state. APC had what it considered a clean sweep in the state, but the apex court has now awarded the ruling party\u2019s votes to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The cause of this massive loss by the ruling party, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[29,271],"class_list":["post-120522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-apc","tag-zamfara"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/105263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}