As the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday confirmed the victory of Governor Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the 2015 gubernatorial election in Taraba State, many Nigerians have taken to social media to bear their minds on the judgment.
Read their comments below…
Since PDP wins #TarabaAppeal,no one will complain about PMB influencing Court Judgement! PDP should learn how to b Opposition
— SJohnson….. #6Times 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 (@sheeun11) December 31, 2015
https://twitter.com/OmoobaDafidi/status/682566669013749760
So the Taraba tribunal lacked the jurisdiction to decide pre-election issues. Chai!!! Fear APC. Fear APC #TarabaAppeal
— Remilekun (@Ceorhemz) December 31, 2015
Congratulations PDP! #TarabaAppeal!! So we are not having Female governor for now!! #Godwin
— SJohnson….. #6Times 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 (@sheeun11) December 31, 2015
Congratulations Nigeria!
Congratulations to Democracy!
— TEAM PDP (@Team_PDP) December 31, 2015
Mama Taraba should just embrace that ministerial portfolio & forget about Taraba for now. Congrats Gov Ishiyaku #TarabaAppeal
— Remilekun (@Ceorhemz) December 31, 2015
I saw this coming, saw no reason why tribunals should hv business in a party's primaries #tarabaappeal
— Nan Bakle (@Bakle08) December 31, 2015
#TarabaAppeal ; well the judiciary has made their positions clear. We now wait for Mr.President for validation. https://t.co/644LMk9UUN
— #Leadership (@Maazi_Dan) December 31, 2015
#TarabaAppeal A lawyer worth his/her salt on election petition can tell that the Tribunal's Judgment was not well founded. I saw this coming
— Legal Tycoon (@Counsel_TAO) December 31, 2015
Ah, a breath of fresh air and common sense. #TarabaAppeal
— Lasun Omonile (@LasunOmonile) December 31, 2015
With this update, I'm sure you are super shocked. Shockiii! #TarabaAppeal https://t.co/yqDEX1e9hZ
— TEAM PDP (@Team_PDP) December 31, 2015
Lawyers r jst choppin on u people's head,n u hv refused to gv urselves brain,oya go to Supreme court make dem kontinu to chop #TarabaAppeal
— BornGreat (@BunGreat) December 31, 2015
Court of Appeal declares Gov. Darius Ishaku winner. Justification for the opposition party. #TarabaAppeal
— MAXIMUM WELLNESS (@Maxwelikechukwu) December 31, 2015