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| Governor Darius Ishaku and main challenger Aisha Jumai |
In Nigeria the hope of
seeing the first female elected governor was dashed as the Supreme Court upheld
the outcome of the April 11, 2015, governorship election that produced Governor
Darius Ishaku of the People Democratic Party, PDP as governor of Taraba State..
The Supreme Court says
it will give reasons for the judgment on February 22, 2016.
A seven-man panel of
Justices of the apex court, in a unanimous judgment this afternoon, dismissed
the appeal lodged by Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan of the All Progressives
Congress, APC. Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour who delivered the lead verdict,
affirmed the earlier judgment of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal
which declared Governor Ishaku as the valid winner of the gubernatorial
contest
However, the apex court
panel reserved its reasons for the judgement till February 22. Senator Alhassan
who is currently the Minister of Women affairs, had prayed the apex court to
set aside the verdict of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal which
earlier upheld governor Ishaku’s election.
Masquerade234 gathered
that wide spread jubilation greeted the Supreme Court verdict in Jalingo the
state capital of the state. With this judgement the country would be waiting to
see reasons for the recent Supreme Court verdicts that have been scheduled to
begin from the 22nd of February 2016.
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