{"id":123413,"date":"2023-11-25T13:03:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T13:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/25\/appeal-court-sacks-plateau-governor-declares-apc-candidate-winner\/"},"modified":"2023-11-25T13:03:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T13:03:03","slug":"appeal-court-sacks-plateau-governor-declares-apc-candidate-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/25\/appeal-court-sacks-plateau-governor-declares-apc-candidate-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal Court Sacks Plateau Governor, Declares APC Candidate Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has sacked the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Muftwang, and declared Nentawe Goshwe of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election.<\/p>\n<p>In her ruling on Sunday, the lead Justice, Elfrieda Williams-Dawodu, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Nentawe Goshwe.<\/p>\n<p>The appellate court, in a decision by a three-member panel of Justices, held that Mutfwang was not validly nominated and sponsored by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to participate in the gubernatorial contest that held on March 18.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Fake Employment Letters Were Issued To Civil Servants In Plateau \u2014 Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It held that all the votes that were credited to him and the PDP after the election amounted to wasted votes.<\/p>\n<p>It ordered that the candidate that got the second majority lawful votes at the election, should be sworn in as governor of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has sacked the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Muftwang, and declared Nentawe Goshwe of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election. 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