Aisha Alhassan has been declared the winner of the
April 11 governorship election in Taraba state, thus making her
Nigeria’s first female governor-elect.
This was after a Taraba state governorship election petition
tribunal sitting in Abuja nullified the election of Governor Darius
Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to Vanguard, the tribunal headed by Justice Musa Danladi
Abubakar declared Alhassan, popularly referred to as Mama Taraba, as the
bonafide winner of the election.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is also among
the ministerial nominees who were screened and confirmed by the Nigerian
Senate.
Reliable sources in Taraba have also confirmed the report to
Naij.com. This means President Muhammadu Buhari will have to shop for a
replacement for the minister-designate in the coming days.
Naij.com’s sources in Abuja disclosed further that the APC and its
governorship candidate had challenged the victory and declaration of
Ishaku as the winner of the election.
At the hearing, Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN), the counsel to the
petitioners, made an adoption in his final written addresses, urging the
tribunal to return the first petitioner, Alhassan, as the elected
governor of the state.
The counsel to the first, second and third respondents, however,
prayed the court to dismiss the petition, saying it lacks merit, while
Solomon Akuna (SAN), the counsel to the PDP, also prayed that the
petition be dismissed because the petitioners could not prove their
case.
This new development further quells reports which made rounds that Alhassan’s nomination by the president may have been a way of compensating her from losing out at the polls earlier this year.
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