NIGERIA has got its first ever elected female governor after
the election appeals tribunal declared Senator Aisha Alhassan
of the All Progressives Congress (PDP) as the duly elected
governor of Taraba State this morning.




After the April 11 elections, the Independent National Electoral
Commission (Inec) had declared Darius Ishaku of the People's
Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Taraba State
governorship contest. However, Senator Alhasan rejected the
result and lodged a suit with the election appeals tribunal
claiming the polls were marred with irregularities.




In April, Professor Kyari Mohammed, Inec's returning officer in
Taraba State, said Mr Ishaku scored 369,318 votes to emerge
victorious. He added that Senator Alhassan came second with
275,984 votes, while Chief David Kente of the Social
Democratic Party polled 29,966 votes to come third.




Since then, the matter has been pending before the election
tribunal with senator Alhassan claiming that the results
ascribed to Wukari, Donga, Takum, Sardauna, Zing, Yorro,
Kurmi and some parts of Ussa, Karim-Lamido, Bali, Ardo-Kola
and Lau local government areas were not acceptable as they
did not reflect the true results of the votes cast. This morning,
the tribunal agreed with her and sacked Mr Ishaku as
governor, declaring Senator Alhassan the duly elected
governor.




While the case was pending, Senator Alhassan was nominated
or a ministerial position by President Muhammadu Buhari and
subsequently was screened and cleared by the Nigerian
senate. Following her victory at the tribunal, President Buhari
will now have to nominate another minister from Taraba State.



According to Senator Alhassan, all the complaints about the
irregularities and abuse of the election guidelines were
promptly reported to Inec but that no action was taken. With
her victory, she will become the only female among Nigeria's
influential 36 state governors.



Nigeria has never had a female governor before, although
several states have women as deputies. Between November
2006 and February 2007, Anambra State deputy governor
Virginia Etiaba served as governor following the impeachment
of Governor Peter Obi but an appeal court nullified the
impeachment, also nullifying her tenure as a governor.


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