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Court sacks Adamawa Acting Governor, orders swearing-in of Nyako’s Deputy



Justice Ademola Adeniyi of Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered that the former deputy governor of Adamawa state, Mr. Bala Ngilari, should be sworn in as the substantive governor of the state.

The substantive speaker of the House of Assembly, Alhaji Umar Fintiri, is also mandated to vacate office as the acting governor of the state.



He ruled that the alleged resignation of Ngilari on July 14, 2014 was invalid, null and void as it breached the provisions of sections 306(1), (2) and (5) of the 1999 Constitution because it was addressed to the Speaker and acted upon by the House of Assembly.

Ngilari, through his lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, had submitted that by virtue of section 191 (1) of the 1999 Constitution that after the impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako, that he, Ngilari being the next in the line of succession should have been inaugurated as governor.

The former deputy governor further deposed that the assertion that he resigned his position as deputy governor was untenable given the claim by the House of Assembly that he, Ngilari resigned in a letter addressed to the speaker of the House of Assembly.

Ngilari had relied on section 306 (1), (2) and (5) of the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), that his resignation from office as deputy governor could only be addressed to the substantive governor at that time who he claimed was Nyako.

Nyako, in his submission to the court had also claimed that he did not accept the purported resignation of Ngilari as deputy governor.

The bye-election fixed for this Saturday, will no longer hold.
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6 comments

  1. gud for democracy

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  2. pdp will roast in hell one day

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  3. Please everyone should give the judiciary a resounding applause. This is a of good things to come. Well done judge. Fintiri have you seen how you and your colleagues stupified yourselves. I thank God for this victory.

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  4. This is one in thousands of pdp messes. Ngalari, you should be wiser now to know the party that means well for Adamawa and for the country at large. As an objective mind, APC and others are more decent than pdp which is impunity incarnate.

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  5. Am very happy, Judiciary is the common man hope. PDP thought they can malnuplate elections and also instigates impeachments in Nigeria. PDP thinks they are smart but they didn't know that they are not obeying Nigerian constitution. Sorry for you.

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