Women celebrate declaration of Aisha Alhassan as Taraba Governor
It could be recalled that the three-member tribunal headed by Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar held that Ishaku was not validly nominated as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and, therefore, did not qualify to contest the governorship election.
Addressing a world press conference yesterday in Abuja, the spokesperson of the coalition, Mrs. Rachel Okpe described the judgment as “democracy in progress”, even as she affirmed that Taraba state is on the road to producing Nigeria’s first democratically elected female governor.
She equally described the PDP as a “divided kingdom” that cannot stand, noting that both the National and State PDP are singing a different song on the tribunal judgment.
According to her, “you can see confusion and conflicting statements from the camp of the PDP. While Mr. Olisa Metuh is in Abuja ranting over the judgment, his colleague in Taraba state, Mr. Napoleon Adamu is saying the opposite.
“As for us as a coalition, we are solidly behind one of own, Aisha Jummai Alhassan of All Progressives Congress, the winner of the April 11 governorship election.
“We celebrate the judgment, we celebrate her and we equally celebrate the good people of Taraba state who have remained resolute in spite of political provocations by the PDP.”
Okpe called on the people to rally round “mama Taraba” the winner of April 11 governorship election, even as she warned that flexing muscles as demonstrated by the PDP at the national level would not help the state.
“The era of impunity is over and all those who force themselves into office through dubious means must be shown the way out,” she added.
The coalition expressed confidence that the judgment will stand at the appellate court based on the violation of the Electoral Act, by the PDP during its primaries held in most states of the federation.
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