Supreme Court Sacks Taraba's Acting Governor!

The last has definitely not been heard about the political logjam in Taraba State as Nigeria’s apex court has sacked the Acting Governor of the state, Garba Umar. The court also ordered the reinstatement of the state’s former Deputy Governor, Alhaji Sani Danladi who was impeached by the Taraba State House of Assembly in October 2012.

The justices were unanimous in the judgment which held that the impeachment panel set up by the House of Assembly to investigate the then Deputy Governor as it snubbed his court papers which he served to challenge the panel’s composition.

While delivering the lead judgment, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta set aside the rulings delivered by both the Taraba State High Court and the Court of Appeal which had dismissed Danladi’s suit. The Supreme Court held that the lower courts should have resolved the issue of fair hearing in favour of Danladi.

After his impeachment which was undertaken about three weeks before the air crash that involved Governor Danbaba Suntai, Garba Umar was appointed as the Deputy Governor and after the crash, he was named as the Acting Governor of Taraba State.