Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Sunday yet added another political casualty to its list with the sacking of the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, and declared Nentanwe Yilwatda Goshwe of the All Progressive Congress, APC, as the duly elected governor of the state.
In a unanimous decision reached by a three member panel, the court ruled that Muftwag was not validly sponsored by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as provided by section 285(2) of Nigerian Constitution.
In her ruling, the lead justice, Elfrieda Williams Daodu, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to issue a Certificate of Return to the candidate of the APC, Goshwe., while setting aside the judgment of the Tribunal which had affirmed the election of MUtfwang, describing it as highly incompetent.
