The Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Hajia Aisha Alhassan, winner of the April 11 gubernatorial poll in the state.The Justice Danladi Abubakar-led tribunal in its judgement on Saturday also directed the APC candidate to be sworn in place of Darius Ishaku as the governor of the Taraba state.But the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the judgment as another evidence of executive interference in the judiciary.
The tribunal sacked governor Ishaku for failure to secure sponsorship of a registered political party in the April 11, 2015 Governorship election.The governor was ordered to vacate office by tribunal on the ground that he was not sponsored by PDP or any political party as demanded by law. The tribunal held that it was a fundamental law in Nigeria that a candidate for an elective position must be duly nominated and sponsored by a registered political party before the candidature of such candidate can be legally valid.