There was drama at the government house in Minna, Niger State capital, on Monday as a Minna High Court sacked the newly elected Chairman of Chanchaga Local Government Area of the state, Mustapha Jibrin, less than hour to his Inauguration.
Jibrin had lined up along with other 24 newly elected Council Chairmen at the government, waiting to be sworn in when a Minna high court presided over by Justice Mohammed Mohammad sacked him.
The state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, however went ahead to swear in the Chairman and allowed him to take the oath of office and allegiance despite the court judgment.
The presiding Judge had delivered judgment on a pre-election suit instituted by one Aminu Ladan against Jibrin over illegal substitution of his name after the party primary which produced him.
It was gathered that some stakeholders in the local government had met and unanimously picked Mustapha ahead of Ladan who had won the primary to compensate him (Mustapha) who stepped down from contesting the House of Representatives for Chanchaga constituency for the 2023 general election.
While no government official was ready to comment on the development, Ladan thanked the judiciary for the landmark judgment, and urged the governor to immediately swear him in without any delay in accordance with the court judgment.
