Friday, January 27, 2012

Supreme Court Sacks Five Governors

Sacked governors

The Supreme Court on Friday sacked five state governors whose tenure elapsed in May 29 last year. 

The governors are Ibrahim Idris (Kogi), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) and Liyel Imoke (Cross River). They are all members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The order came this morning in an unanimous decision of a 7-man panel headed by Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Nnoghen. The panel ruled that their tenures had expired since May 29, 2011 and have illegally remained in office since then.

LWKMD

No comments:

Post a Comment