Kaduna Guber: PDP’s Isa Celebrates Victory Amid Confusion Over Tribunal Judgment

110758 kaduna guber pdps isa celebrates victory amid confusion over tribunal judgment
110758 kaduna guber pdps isa celebrates victory amid confusion over tribunal judgment

The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Isa Mohammed Ashiru, has expressed his excitement over the ruling of the Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.

According to reports by Media Talk Africa, the tribunal made a ruling on Thursday regarding a petition filed by the PDP and its candidate, challenging the election of Uba Sani.

However, the tribunal’s verdict has been mired in controversy. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the election claim that the court dismissed Isa’s petition. Reports have also emerged suggesting that the court affirmed Sani’s election after dismissing the PDP’s petition, while other accounts of the judgment indicate that the tribunal nullified the governorship election, deeming it inconclusive.

In order to clarify the judgment, Isa issued a statement on Thursday night, personally signing it. He informed his supporters that the court had nullified the election of the sitting governor, but this decision would be enforced at the appeal court.

Isa explained, “The tribunal, based on the majority of 2:1 judges, upheld the respondent’s preliminary objection to the effect that the application for pre-hearing was done prematurely, i.e. before the service of the last set of petitioners’ reply to the 2nd respondent’s reply to the petition was served.”

He further added, “However, the law enjoins the tribunal, as a trial court, to proceed to pronounce on the merit of the substantive suit so that in the event the Court of Appeal finds that the trial tribunal was wrong in its decision on the preliminary objection, it would have the benefit of pronouncing on the decision of the tribunal in the substantive matter.”

Isa continued, “The tribunal, by a split decision of 2:1, accordingly nullified the election of the governor of Kaduna state, ordered that the Certificate of Return be retrieved, and fresh elections be conducted in some polling units in 4 LGAs. The outcome of this will be taken into account before the declaration of the winner of the governorship election in Kaduna state.”

The PDP candidate expressed his gratitude to the people of Kaduna State for their support thus far and urged them to remain law-abiding as the legal process continues.

He added, “One thing I can assure the good people of Kaduna State is that I will pursue this mandate you freely gave me to its logical conclusion and, by the grace of God, victory will be on our side.”

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