BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court sacks five
governors
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.
