Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed Joshua Ishaku as the lawful candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Bwari Area Council chairmanship election, setting aside the majority decision of the Court of Appeal that recognised another person.

In a majority 4 to 1 judgement delivered by a five-member panel on Monday, the Supreme Court overturned the majority ruling of the Court of Appeal and adopted the dissenting opinion of appeal court's Okon Abang, who had held that Mr Ishaku was validly nominated by the party.

The judgement came just five days to the local elections expected to be held on Saturday (21 February) in the six council areas, including Bwari, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

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