Nigerian Supreme Court takes power from five governors
Friday, Jan 27, 2012 Filed Under :Planet Talk Card News
The Nigerian Supreme Court has ruled that five of its state governors must step down from power as their terms of office had officially completed in May 2011, it was revealed today (January 27th).
The governors of Kogi, Adamawa, Sokoto, Bayelsa and Cross Rivers were all ordered to leave their posts as their four-year term was deemed expired.
Although the fivesome were elected into power in 2007, election tribunals argued there were “irregularities” when they came into the positions so they ran new elections in 2008.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, with the Supreme Court, opposed this argument, finally ruling today that the governors had over stayed their welcome in office.
These governors sometimes control budgets larger than entire state budgets for other African nations, and two of their posts will be filled by speakers of the assembly until new governors are appointed.
They will be eligible to run in the next governmental elections.
Meanwhile, the Boko Haram Islamist group has posed new threats to Nigeria saying it could begin targeting the nation with fresh attacks.
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