There is tension in Taraba currently as the appeal court is set to decide who takes the gubernatorial seat between the candidate of the PDP and that of the APC who may end up being the first female governor.
Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan and Darius Dickson Ishaku
Like Kogi state, attention is now gradually being focused on Taraba state following the recent election tribunal ruling, which sacked Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the governorship candidate of the All Progresses Congress (APC), Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan, according to the Guardian.
While all eyes are now on the state as well as the judiciary, with the hope that justice would be appropriately dispensed towards the right direction, supporters of the two affected parties are on their own living no stone unturned to win sympathy from the judiciary.
Leaders of the parties who made their views known to reporters are all optimistic that the forthcoming ruling from the court of Appeal would be in their favour. Citing various parts and of the Electoral law 2010, the PDP Chairman, Victor Bala Kona, who said the leadership of the party has an esteem respect for the judiciary, stated:
"We are not panicking at all. We have absolute confidence in the judiciary, so we are optimistic that the ruling will be in our favour.
Making reference to the neighbouring Benue state where party primary according to him was not conducted, yet the governor, Samuel Ortom, scaled through, the same scenario, as affirmed by him, would be respected in our state."
Also adding his voice, the commissioner for Information, Anthony Danburam, who is a lawyer by profession, wants Tarabans to go to bed with their two eyes tenaciously closed as the needed justice would be executed by the Appeal Court.
On his own part, the chief press secretary to the governor, Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa, wants the people to continue giving the much needed support to the governor as that according to “him would enable him execute his rescue agenda projects for our dear state.”
Citing the victory of the party at the tribunal that presided over the National and State House of Assembly, the party chairman, Alhaji Hassan Jika Ardo told a reporter that “victory for our party at the Appeal Court is certain.”