The Supreme Court on Friday sacked five state governors whose tenure elapsed in May 29 last year.
The governors are Ibrahim Idris (Kogi), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) and Liyel Imoke (Cross River).
They are all members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The decision was taken by a seven-member panel chaired by Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher.
Other members of the panel are Justices Mahmud Mukhtar, Walter Onnonghen, Chukwuma Ene, Ibrahim Coomasie, Olufunlola Adekeye and Mary Peter-Odili.
The judgment is in an appeal by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The appellants are challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which upheld the decision of an Abuja Federal High Court that extended the tenure of the five governors beyond May 29, 2011.
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ITS BETTER FOR THEM TO CONTEST WITH OTHER CANDIDATES WHEN NOT ON POWER SO WE KNOW WHO IS WHO.
ReplyDeleteYES IT IS THE RIGHT STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT MY OPINION WOULD BE, LET THIS STEP BE TAKEN ACCROSS THIS BORDER, ANY GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT WHOSE TENURE EXPIRES SHOULD BE MADE TO VACATE OFFICE, LET US KNOW THERE CAPABILITY IN WINNING THE PEOPLES MANDATE. POWER OF INCUMBENCY HAS DONE A GREAT DAMAGE IN NIGERIAN POLITY.
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