In a recent development, the 16 PDP members of the Plateau State House of Assembly who were sacked have approached the court of appeal to have the earlier judgment invalidated.
Chief G.S. Pwul (SAN) FCIArb, the first indigenous Senior Advocate of Nigeria on the Plateau, is the one who brought the case after the court of appeals sacked 16 PDP members from the Plateau State House of Assembly. The court of appeals ruled that the PDP members were not qualified to have contested the election.
According to information obtained by Plateau Watch, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) certified the 16 candidates running for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the election’s winners on March 18.
Recall that the Supreme Court had in the case of Mutfwang Caleb Manasseh held that the Tribunal and the Court of Appeal lacks jurisdiction to hear and determine issues bordering on nomination and sponsorship and upturned the earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal. The facts and circumstances of cases of the House of Assembly members are the same with those of Mutfwang Caleb Manasseh.
