Taraba: Tribunal upholds Gov Ishaku’s election

Taraba State Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed a petition by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to challenge the election of Governor Darius Ishaku for want of competence and evidence.

Specifically, the court ruled on Friday that the APC’s petition was not brought by competent applicants.

The court held that the first petitioner, Abubakar Danladi, had been disqualified by successive judgments from appearing as a candidate for the APC in the March 9 election.

The court also ruled that the allegations of election malpractices brought by the APC did not include sufficient evidence to warrant a nullification of the election.

Danladi and his party had accused the PDP of massive election rigging.

The APC also alleged that it had polled a majority of lawful votes in the election.

But a three-member panel of the Court on Friday said the decision of various courts including the Supreme Court which ruled against the candidacy of Danladi in the elections following an intra-party dispute, had rendered the petition incompetent.

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