NIGERIA has got its first ever
elected female governor after the election appeals tribunal declared Senator
Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress (PDP) as the duly elected
governor of Taraba State this morning.
After the April 11 elections, the
Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria had declared Darius Ishaku of
the People's Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Taraba State
governorship contest. However, Senator Alhasan rejected the result and lodged a
suit with the election appeals tribunal claiming the polls were marred with
irregularities.
In April, Professor Kyari Mohammed,
Inec's returning officer in Taraba State, said Mr Ishaku scored 369,318 votes
to emerge victorious. He added that Senator Alhassan came second with 275,984
votes, while Chief David Kente of the Social Democratic Party polled 29,966
votes to come third.
Since then, the matter has been
pending before the election tribunal with senator Alhassan claiming that the
results ascribed to Wukari, Donga, Takum, Sardauna, Zing, Yorro, Kurmi and some
parts of Ussa, Karim-Lamido, Bali, Ardo-Kola and Lau local government areas
were not acceptable as they did not reflect the true results of the votes cast.
This morning, the tribunal agreed with her and sacked Mr Ishaku as governor,
declaring Senator Alhassan the duly elected governor.
While the case was pending, Senator
Alhassan was nominated with a ministerial position by President Muhammadu Buhari
and subsequently was screened and cleared by the Nigerian senate. Following her
victory at the tribunal, President Buhari will now have to nominate another
minister from Taraba State.
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