Primary: JC appeals Gombe ruling

The former Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ali Isa JC, member representing Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency of Gombe state, has filed an attraction in opposition to the judgment of the Federal High Court in Gombe which nullified his major election victory.

Justice Vera Ibrahim Eneabo had in a ruling delivered on September 30, 2026, nullified Hon. Isa’s major election held in May, on the grounds that he did not resign as a serving member of the House of Representatives earlier than in search of re-election.

The courtroom held {that a} member of the National Assembly is a political appointee and was, due to this fact, required to resign earlier than contesting the first for a similar workplace.

Hon. Ali Isa JC has now appealed the choice on the Court of Appeal, urging the appellate courtroom to put aside the ruling.

Meanwhile, a bunch of constituents from Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency, alongside a group of legal professionals, has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) in opposition to Justice Eneabo over the judgment.

In the petition, the group described the ruling as controversial, arguing that the trial decide’s interpretation that an elected member of the National Assembly is a political appointee is flawed.

They contended that if the judgment is allowed to face, it could set a harmful precedent that might require each elected official – together with the president, state governors, senators, House of Representatives members and State Houses of Assembly members – to resign their places of work earlier than in search of re-election, a place they stated is opposite to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The petitioners are asking the NJC to research the judgment to find out whether or not there was a breach of judicial competence or a compromise of the oath of constancy to justice.

The Court of Appeal is anticipated to start out its sitting on the attraction within the coming days.

According to Hon. Ali Isa JC’s membership card obtained by our correspondent, he has been a registered member of the APC since twentieth April, inside the deadline for the submission of political events’ membership registers as required by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).