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From Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi
The Kebbi State Chief Judge, Justice Suleiman Muhammad Ambursa has inaugurated the tribunal panels for the February 5th,2022 local government elections in all the 21 councils in the state.
While Justice Sabiu B. Shuiabu was to serve as the Chairman of the Appeal tribunal panel, with two others members, Magistrate Yakubu Shuaibu headed tribunal panel for Chairmanship election with two members.
Similarly, Magistrate Umar A. Kallamu was to serve as the Chairman of tribunal panel for the Councillorship election with two other members.
While inaugurating the Tribunal, Justice Ambursa charged them to adhere strictly to the local government election laws,the oaths of office they took during the inauguration in discharging their duties.
According to him ” the two panels were for the local government Chairmanship and Councillorship election while the other is Appeal panels. What we have done today is in accordance with the provision of the Electoral laws of Kebbi state,that,in any local government election,there should be election tribunal and an Appeal tribunal.
“We have done our own side and we also pray that politicians would play their own side in accordance with laws.
” I don’t need to say anything about the conduct of tribunal because they have already the oaths of their offices. Anything I will say beside their oaths of offices they have taken,would just amounted to repetition”, he said.
The CJ them to strictly adhere to their oaths of office, stressing that, they are people of integrity, trusted whom the Kebbi state judiciary has confidence on them and have no reason to fail in their new assignment.
