History Is Made In Taraba As Election Tribunal Declares APC's Senator Aisha Alhassan As Governor

Nigeria has got its first ever elected female governor after the election petition tribunal declared Senator Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress (PDP) as the duly elected governor of Taraba State this morning.

After the April 11 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) had declared Darius Ishaku of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Taraba State governorship contest.
However, Senator Alhasan rejected the result and lodged a suit with the election appeals tribunal claiming the polls were marred with irregularities.

In April, Professor Kyari Mohammed, Inec's returning officer in Taraba State, said Mr Ishaku scored 369,318 votes to emerge victorious. He added that Senator Alhassan came second with 275,984 votes, while Chief David Kente of the Social Democratic Party polled 29,966 votes to come third.