Why we nullified Mama Taraba’s case –S’Court

The Supreme Court has given reasons for its judgment of February 11, 2016, against the governorship candidate in the 2015 governorship election in Taraba State, Mrs Aisha Alhassan, also known as Mama Taraba.

The apex court stated on Monday, that MamaTaraba, and her party, the APC had no locus standi to challenge the nomination of Governor Darius Ishiaku by his party, the Peoples Democratic Party.

Giving details of the judgment, Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, noted that the appeals and cross appeals had no redeemable substance, and that Darius was duly sponsored by the PDP to contest in the election.

He said the evidence brought before the court had confirmed Ishiaku’s membership of the party.

According to him, “The matter is very simple, the apex court has ruled on matters of this nature at different occasions.

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“There is no way a candidate of another political party who did not participate in the primaries of another political
party could suddenly rise to challenge the conduct of such an exercise.

“It is therefore, clear that the appeals and all the cross appeals against the election of Governor Darius Ishiaku of Taraba have no redeemable substance,” Rhodes-Vivour held.

The apex court also declared that the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal grossly misdirected itself by upturning Ishiaku’s victory.

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