Court Of Appeal Nullifies Nyako's Election As Adamawa Governor

The Adamawa state governorship election appeal tribunal sitting in Yola the Adamawa state capital on Wednesday nullified the 2012 Adamawa state governorship election in which Governor Muritala Nyako of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner by the Attahiru Jega led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The Action Cogress of Nigeria (ACN) and its governorship candidate Chief Markus Gundiri had approached the tribunal immediately after the declaration Gov Nyako as the winner of the election. The appeal court tribunal judge ruled that Muritala Nyako of the PDP came third in the last Adamawa state governorship election based on the authentic election results presented by the petitioner as exhibit.

“This honurable appeal tribunal hereby quash the victory of Governor Muritala Nyako following the mega irregularities and manipulation that marred the election that brought to the office of the Adamawa state governor” the judgement reads.

The tribunal has ordered for a fresh governorship election in Adamawa state within the next 90days. However, counsel to Governor Nyako stated that his client will appeal against the appellate court ruling at the Supreme court.

Gunmen attack Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa

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Gunmen kill 22 students in Nigeria

An attack that killed 25 people, mostly students, at a Nigerian school Monday night appeared to be "an inside job" in which the gunmen called out the names of their targets, a police spokesman told CNN Tuesday. "The attackers went to the houses of the victims, called them out by their names and killed them," said Adamawa State Police spokesman Mohammed Ibrahim. "They used guns and knives on the victims." Some of the victims suffered slit throats, he said. The armed men attacked a student facility at the Federal Polytechnic, a university in Mubi, Nigeria, Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency spokesman Yuhau Shuaib said. Among the 25 killed were 19 Federal Polytechnic students and three students from the School of Health and Technology, Ibrahim said. The three others killed were a school official, a former military man and an older gentleman, he said. Investigators are trying to determine if the attack was related to upcoming campus elections, he said. "We believe this was an inside job." "By God's grace, in the next few days we will have some suspects," he said Mubi is in northeast Nigeria near the border with Cameroon.