Taraba Assembly by-election: Bulkachukwa constitutes petition tribunal

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zaninab Bulkachukwa, has constituted an election petition tribunal for the August 18 by-election for the Takum 1 Constituency seat in the Taraba Assembly.

The Secretary of the tribunal, Hajiya Aishatu Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Jalingo.

“Hon. Justice Bulkachukwa, in pursuant of paragraph 133 (3) (a) and (b) of the Electoral Act as amended, constituted the Taraba Assembly tribunal for the Takum 1 constituency by- election,’’ she said.

Abubakar said the deadline for the submission of petitions from the election would be midnight of September 8.

She urged aggrieved parties in the election to file their petitions on or before the deadline at the Sharia Court of Appeal complex in Jalingo.

Mr Garba Ajiya of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner of the election.