News Breaking:Court Of Appeal Sacks Plateau State Governor Published 1 year ago on November 19, 2023 By Nigerian Tracker Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State In her ruling on Sunday, the lead Justice, Elfrieda Williams-Dawodu, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Nentawe Goshwe. Justice Williams-Dawodu set aside the judgment of the Tribunal which affirmed the election of Governor Mutfwang, describing it as highly incompetent. According to the court, the decision of the tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by the APC and its candidate on the ground that the duo had no business meddling in the affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on which platform Mutfwang was elected is in breach of Section 177 of the 1999 Constitution as amended and Section 134 (C) of the Electoral Act. The court also held that contrary to the decision of the tribunal that the issues contained in the petition filed by the appellants were pre-election matters, they were both pre-election and post-election matters and could not have been deemed status barred. Share: Related Topics:GovernorMuftwang Trending Opinion3 years ago On The Kano Flyovers And Public Perception Features3 years ago How I Became A Multimillionaire In Nigeria – Hadiza Gabon Opinion4 years ago Kano As future Headquarters Of Poverty In Nigeria History4 years ago Sheikh Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory (1917-1992):Nigeria’s Islamic Scholar Who Wrote Over 100 Books And Journals History4 years ago The Origin Of “Mammy Market” In Army Barracks (Mammy Ochefu) News3 years ago Federal University Of Technology Babura To Commence Academic Activities September
