The ‎verdict of a Federal High Court in Abuja proving INEC to be right by not accepting candidates of the APC from Zamfara State supplants that of a high court in the state which ruled otherwise, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has quoted saying.

Marafa said although the independent election body said it was studying the two conflicting judgements, he affirmed the commission would maintain its ground that there were no primaries in Zamfara APC.

Addressing newsmen at the National Assembly, yesterday, Marafa who chairs the Senate Committee on Petroleum (downstream), said that some governors now relied on the popularity of President Muhammadu Buhari to win elections.

When asked on the call in some quarters for INEC to follow the Zamfara court’s judgement, Marafa said: “That judgement was procured. You want INEC to abandon the Federal High Court’s judgement and obey a procured judgment?”

For his next line of action, the Senator said he had already appealed the judgement of the Zamfara High Court, adding however that there were frantic efforts to frustrate the appeal, and he may end up at the Supreme Court. ‎

He further said he would prefer to go for the best candidate wherever the person was rather than settle for the worst that the party may present in the state.

“If APC decides that the worst APC candidate is better than the best candidate from somewhere, I will respect them. But that can’t be true, so I will go for the best for my people even if it means APC losing Zamfara State. I don’t give a damn. After all, we’re in a mess in Zamfara State.”