BREAKING NEWS : Tribunal Sacks Gov . Ishaku , Orders Swearing - In Of ‘ Mama Taraba ’ As Governor

The Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal
sitting in Abuja on Saturday declared Sen. Aisha Jumai
Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of
the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Taraba State.
The tribunal chairman, Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar while
delivering judgment in the petition filed by the APC
candidate, held that there was no valid candidate from the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that contested the election.
The
PDP did not hold a valid primary election, the tribunal ruled.
It, therefore, ordered the immediate swearing-in of Sen.
Alhassan, who is a minister-designate.
The PDP candidate, Darius Ishaku, had been declared winner
of the poll by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
Mrs. Alhassan will be Nigeria’s first female governor if Mr.
Ishaku fails to challenge the tribunal’s verdict, or loses the
appeal.