Supreme Court Orders Taraba Acting Governor Removed, Deputy Sworn In

The Supreme Court has ordered that the Taraba State
acting governor be removed and the deputy governor,
Abubakar Danladi to be sworn-in.
Danladi was impeached by the Taraba State House of
Assembly in September 2012 for gross misconduct and
engaging in private businesses.
After his impeachment, he approached the court to
challenge the ruling of the Appeal Court which upheld the
ruling of the Federal High Court in Taraba that he was
duly and constitutionally impeached.
In a unanimous judgement a five-member panel of the
justices of the appellate court led by Justice Musa Abba-
Aji, had in that hearing dismissed the appeal brought
before it by the impeached deputy governor for lacking in
merit.
The court held that the Taraba State House of Assembly
complied with section 188 of the constitution in his
impeachment.

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