Adamawa Election: All Rise For His Lordship As The Court Decides This Morning: -------------------------------------- The former Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Barr. Bala Ngilari has challenged his purported resignation before th Federal High Court, Abuja and in his suit, asked the court to determine the following questions: “If the Plaintiff (Bala Ngilari) did not resign as stipulated by sections 306(1), (2) & (5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), whether by the provisions of section 191(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the Plaintiff (Barr. Bala James Ngilari) as Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, should not have been sworn in as the substantive Governor of Adamawa State after the impeachment of the 5th Defendant (Murtala Nyako). “Whether by the combined provisions of sections 191(1) and 306(1), (2) & (5) of the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, the swearing-in of the 3rd Defendant (Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru) as Acting Governor of Adamawa State on the 15th of July, 2014 is legal and constitutional. “If the Plaintiff did not resign as stipulated by sections 306(1), (2) & (5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) whether by the provisions of section 191(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the 6th Defendant is required to conduct a fresh election to fill the vacant office of the Governor of Adamawa State after the impeachment of the 5th Defendant”. All these will be determine in an hour or two this morning. Keep a date with me on this wall for the out come.
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 07:34:37 +0000
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