The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Sunday asked Caleb Mutfwang as the Governor of Plateau State.
The Appeal Court declared as nullity the election of Caleb Mutfwang of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
In nullifying his election, the appellate court led by Justice Okong Abang, in a unanimous judgment, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw his Certificate of Return and give it to the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Nentawe Yiltwatda.
The Daily Crucible had reports that the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Jos had earlier dismissed Nentawe’s petition challenging Mutwang’s election victory on the grounds that he lacked the right to question it.
But the appeal court in its judgment on Sunday held that “The tribunal was in error when it said the appellants lacked the right to contest the conduct of the election.
“Tribunal was hard on the appellant when it likened the appellant to one crying more than the bereaved.
“If the appellant finds his neighbour with a goat that doesn’t belong to him, there is nothing wrong if he complains or raises the alarm.”
