BREAKING: Supreme Court reinstates Muftwang as Plateau governor

The Supreme Court has reinstated Barr. Caleb Muftwang as governor of Plateau State.

The reinstatement followed the Court of Appeal which upturned the Plateau State Election Petition Tribunal which earlier upheld him as the rightful winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election.

The election was challenged by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Nentawe Goshwe.

The panel of justices on Friday submitted that the Appeal Court and the Election Petition Tribunal lacked jurisdiction to entertain pre-election matters, hence, the Court of Appeal err in law to have upturned his victory.

It was recalled that the Appeal Court nullify Muftwang’s election on ground that the PDP failed to comply with the order of the Plateau State High Court in Jos directing it to conduct valid ward, local governments, and state congresses before nominating its candidates for the various elective posts was a breach of the law.

The court, for the same reason, sacked many lawmakers elected on the PDP platform in the state.Reading the judgment of the apex court on Friday, Justice Emmanuel Agim held that the APC and its candidate are not members of the PDP and cannot challenge the primary election of the PDP.

He also held that the tribunal and court of appeal lacked jurisdiction to entertain the issue.

Agim noted that the petition of the APC in the first place was an abuse of the court process and faulted the appeal court for sacking the governor.