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In a judgment on Sunday, the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Elphreda Williams-Dawodu, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the Certificate of Return given to Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State.

The court declared Nentawe Goshwe of the All Progressives Congress the rightful winner of the March 18 governorship election, ordering INEC to issue a new Certificate of Return to him.

Courts have sacked at least three governors whose elections were contested by opposing parties and deemed one election inconclusive, barely nine months after the elections.

The following is a list of sacked state governors and the grounds given by the court:

*Abba Kabir Yusuf (NNPP)
The NNPP received 1,019,602 votes to defeat the APC, whose candidate, Nasir Gawuna, received 890,705 votes, according to INEC. As a result, the NNPP candidate won by a margin of 128,897 votes.

The Election Petitions Tribunal, under the leadership of Justice Oluyemi Osadebay, invalidated the election of Governor Yusuf. The tribunal made this decision by declaring 165,663 votes, garnered by Yusuf invalid.

The ballot papers for the 165,663 votes were not signed or stamped, according to the judge, and thus were invalid.

The court ordered that Yusuf’s certificate of return be revoked and that a fresh one be issued to Gawuna.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja also upheld the tribunal’s decision.

The three-member , led by Justice M.A Adumeh, determined that Yusuf was not on his political party’s hip list.

He stated that a party must hold the names of its ed in both hard and soft copies, citing a clause of the Electoral Act.

The judge stated that the tribunal erred in failing to disqualify Yusuf in its ruling.

“The tribunal was wrong not to have disqualified him. The failure to comply with Section 177(c) is fatal to their election. . Where a party carelessly nominates a candidate such is a nullity irrespective of whether he performs well. Sponsorship without hip is like putting nothing on something, it cannot stand. This is a clear example of acting with brazen impunity as if the Constitution is not binding,” he held.

Yusuf has, however, vowed to reclaim his mandate at the Supreme Court.

* Abdullahi Sule (APC)
The Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sacked the state governor, Abdullahi Sule, in October and ordered INEC to revoke his Certificate of Return and give it to David Ombugadu of the PDP.

Ombugadu had taken Sule to court to contest INEC’s announcement of Sule as the winner of the election.

He told the tribunal that his actual votes were unfairly lowered while Sule of the APC’s votes were boosted to help him win, notably in the EC8Bs of Gayam and Chiroma Wards of Lafia Local Government Area.

The tribunal, led by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, in its decision deducted the incorrect votes added to Sule and added back the votes which were reduced from the overall votes of David Ombugadu. This decision was based on the certified copies of the polling units results (forms EC8A) that were presented by the petitioners.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, November 15, reserved judgment on the appeal.

* Dauda Lawal (PDP)
INEC had declared Dauda Lawal of the PDP as the winner of the Zamfara State governorship election, defeating the incumbent governor, Bello Matawalle of the APC.

Matawalle had filed a case with the tribunal contesting the results of the governorship election on March 18, but it was dismissed due to lack of merit.

The Court of Appeal issued its decision on Thursday, November 16, declaring the election inconclusive and ordering INEC to hold new elections in two local governments.

According to the appellate court, Matawalle, who is currently the Minister of State for Defence, was able to establish Lawal’s invalid election.

The governor, in a statement by his spokesperson, Sulaiman Idris, said his legal team was reviewing the judgment before taking the next necessary action.

* Caleb Mutfwang (PDP)
Nentawe Goshwe of the APC challenged the victory of Caleb Mutfwang at the tribunal, claiming that the governor was not validly nominated and sponsored by his party.

A three-member of the tribunal headed by Justice R. Irele-Ifijeh, in a unanimous decision, dismissed the petition of Goshwe for lacking merit.

The three-member of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Elfrieda Williams-Dawodu ruled on Sunday, November 19, that the governor was not legitimately sponsored by the PDP for the election, citing Section 177 of the Constitution.

The judge pointed out that the PDP failed to adhere to a standing High Court order, which mandated the party to organise a legitimate party congress before endorsing candidates for the governorship and other positions.

Mutfwang, who has directed his legal team to submit an appeal with the Supreme Court, expressed hope that the mandate bestowed upon him by the people of the state would be reinstated.

https://punchng.com/full-list-state-governors-sacked-by-court-so-far-and-reasons/?amp

The fall of Apc go too loud ..

Na time..

Many of these parties didn't do proper primaries, but will be pushing the blame to Tinubu

Damnnn niggar

The sacking way give us joy for Edo state that year na osunbor and Oshiomhole own


That was the first time edo people celebrated well because lucky igbinedion really finish us

There is no doubt we are now practicing Judocracy.
The judiciary/Court and judges are now the people deciding who will lead Us

Democracy in the mud....

Our Judiciary is probably one of the worst in the world

There will always be 1000 reasons

If they were APC , this topic won't be called for . they should accept defeat and come next time unless them wan go court go explain tire

APC and PDP just dey share am!

Nothing for LP, the saints party!

Is there any ongoing LP case in any part of the NW or NE?

How Obi won in those state will be computed by the next generation of AI!

At least two governors out of the three will lose at the Supreme Court.
Then Dauda Lawal will still win anytime the inconclusive election is held.

Na their lawyers dey deceive them jare.

Guess it's hightime we allow the courts conduct the elections once and for all.

See no reason why wed keep wasting humannand Capital resources on elections that would eventually be authenticated by the courts.

Let the courts kukuma run the elections Mbok.

Odin13:
The fall of Apc go too loud ..

Na time..

Yes! after 2027

Hmm..... Just wait on the wisdom of the supreme court to reverse the situation, especially plateau and kano state.

Judge's will suffer if up rising broke out then politicians will be over run Revolution is now.

So Kano is justified

jkpbestseries:
Many of these parties didn't do proper primaries, but will be pushing the blame to Tinubu

Exactly. They don't do proper work but at the end they blame Tinubu and the judiciary.

Watch how the headless mobs and Ipob will invade this thread with their hate and bitterness.

The reasons are clear. It happened to APC in Zamfara and Bayelsa, APC accepted the verdict and moved on but the headless mobs whose candidate the Pandora lying machine from Agulu, the social media president lost will still showcase their dumbness and bitterness.

Obedients and IPOB crying more than the bereaved

Ok

We have survived

No shaking

i wonder when we will actually get it right, how can a country spend so much money on its electoral institution only for court to overturn their outcomes and decisions.

FOR SOUTH EAST EACH STATE HAS DIFFERENT PARTY :
ABIA= LP
ANAMBRA= APGA
EBONYI = APC,
ENUGU=PDP
IMO= SC/APC

This is good for demand rule of law

APC is always the beneficiary of the sack. That tells us all we need to know about this present government

very funny drama playing out here, one court accepts and review EC8A form thats kano and court presidential tribunal dismsses it.
so what do we do.

Dontcry09985:


Them go fall like Thier prophet in Medina

I see no reason why you have to bring Prophet Muhammad (SAW) into this...... Grow up

Chai..



...just imagine the bottoms' painful flogging and the very harsh wiping of the spinal cord without mercy.


...just imagine been a Kofornor for a while!!


Whataboutism!!