ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL WILD FIRE

In the space of about one month, no less than three states has been cut up in the flame of what called the Election Petition Tribunal wildfire. The worst hit is River State; with the sacking of the state governor and over 20 members of the state assembly. It spread to AkwaIbom state and now Taraba. These are major PDP state and those affected are are mostly PDP elected officials.
While sitting at the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, in a unanimous judgment by a three-man panel of judges, ‎sacked Gov. Darius, and declared Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan‎ of the ‎All Progressives Congress, APC, ‎as the winner of the poll.

The tribunal cited non compliance with the electoral process as the major reason for their decision. "The tribunal maintained that there was overwhelming evidence that the PDP in Taraba sidelined the provisions of the Electoral Act 2010, and the 1999‎ Constitution, as amended, when it decided to hold the primary election that produced Ishaku as its candidate in Abuja instead of Jalingo, the state capital."

They ordered the immediate withdrawal of creticate of return from gov. Darius Ishaku and a fresh certificate be issued to Senotor Alhassan. Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan‎ by this judgement will become the first democratically elected female governor in Nigeria.
So long as this wildfires of sacking and firing doesn't become a selective tool in the hand of the ruling  APC, we hope that the tribunal will give the much needed credibility to our electoral process.