September 30, (THEWILL) – The Taraba State Governorship Election Tribunal has affirmed Agbu Kefas of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the validly elected governor of Taraba State.
A three-member panel of Justices dismissed the joint petition filed by the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and its candidate Prof. Sani Yahaya for lacking in merit.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had on March 21, declared PDP’s Kefas, a retired Nigerian army lieutenant colonel as winner of the March 18th gubernatorial election in Taraba State after he polled 302,614 votes to defeat his closest rival, the candidate of the NNPP, Prof. Yahaya, who scored 202,277 votes.
Dissatisfied with the outcome of the poll, Prof. Yahaya approached the tribunal, seeking the nullification of Kefas in the election.
