The Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo on Wednesday disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Taraba State, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, from participating in the election on Saturday.
Justice Steven Pam gave the judgment while ruling on the case brought before the court by Mr. Usman Udi and three others against Abubakar Sani Danladi, APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission, challenging the eligibility of Sani Danladi to contest the governorship election in the state.
In a suit N0. FHC/JAL/CS/1/2019 and filed on 9th day of January, 2019, the plaintiff sought the order of the court to stop Abubakar Sani Danladi from contesting the election on the ground of false declaration of age.
In his judgment, Justice Pam ruled that there were discrepancies in the age declaration of the 1st Defendant (Abubakar Sani Danladi).
The judge noted that the information contained in the affidavit of the 1st defendant’s personal particulars that he was born on 14th February, 1968 was in conflict with his date of birth contained in the West African Senior School Certificate submitted by him to the 3rd defendant, the Independent National Electoral Commission which indicates that he was born on 3rd April, 1977.
“That the information given by the 1st defendant (Abubakar Sani Danladi) as to his age in the affidavit in support of his personal particulars in the INEC Form CF001 submitted to the 3rd defendant (The Independent National Electoral Commission) by him is hereby declared false.
“That the 1st defendant is hereby disqualified from contesting election as the candidate of the 2nd defendant (The All Progressives Congress) in the governorship election for Taraba state slated for 9th March, 2019 or any subsequent date to be slated on the ground that the information contained in the affidavit in support of the 1st defendant’s personal particulars in the INEC Form CF001 submitted to the 3rd defendant as to his age is false.”
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