Breaking: Supreme Court Reserves Judgement In Plateau Gov Poll Appeal

In an appeal filed by Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang, the Supreme Court has deferred judgment in his attempt to reverse the Court of Appeal’s decision that declared his election invalid.

Justice John Okoro, chairing the five-member panel of justices, heard arguments from parties supporting and opposing the appeal before deferring to his decision.

The governor asked the court, through Kanu Agabi, his attorney, to uphold the Tribunal’s decision and set aside the appeal court’s decision, arguing that the respondents had no jurisdiction to inquire into the process by which a party chooses its state executives.

He said the respondents (Nentawe Goshwe and the All Progressives Congress) can not plead that the governor did not score the number of lawful votes ascribed to him at the same time say the election was invalid.

The APC and its candidate, on their part, argued that Mutfwang’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in disobedience of a valid court order that directed them to conduct congress in 17 local governments but only conducted in five before going into the March governorship election