Aisha Alhassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba has been declared the winner of the April 11governorship election in Taraba state thus becoming Nigeria’s first female governor-elect.
Her declaration for the position came after Darius Ishaku, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, became another casualty who has had its election nullified.
The Taraba state governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja nullified the election of Governor Ishaku and heeded the argument of Abiodun Owonikoko, Alhassan’s counsel to declare her the winner of the April 11 polls.
APC’s Aisha Jummai Alhassan has emerged as Nigeria’s first female governor
The tribunal headed by Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar declared Alhassan as the bonafide winner of the election.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is also among the ministerial nominees who were screened and confirmed by the Nigerian Senate and this means President Muhammadu Buhari will have to look for a replacement for the minister-designate.
APC and its governorship candidate had challenged the victory and declaration of Ishaku as the winner of the election.
Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN), the counsel to the petitioners at the hearing, made an adoption in his final written addresses, urging the tribunal to return the first petitioner, Alhassan, as the elected governor of the state.
The counsel to the first, second and third respondents, however, prayed the court to dismiss the petition, saying it lacks merit, while Solomon Akuna (SAN), the counsel to the PDP, also prayed that the petition be dismissed for want of evidence
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