APC calls for prosecution of sacked Yobe Rep
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called
for the prosecution of Mr Sabo Garba, a Yobe
House of Representative member whose election
was nullified by a tribunal for lack of educational
qualification.
The party who made the call in an interview with
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on
Thursday said that Garba should be prosecuted for
perjury and forgery.
NAN recalled that the Legislative Election
Petitions Tribunal for Yobe on Tuesday in
Abuja nullified the election of Garba for not
having the requisite educational qualification
to contest the Nagere/Potiskum federal
constituency’s poll into the House of
Representatives.
The Tribunal had returned Mr Ali Yakubu of
the APC as the rightful winner of the election
and ordered INEC to issue him with the
certificate of return.
Yakubu, who spoke on behalf of his party on
Thursday, said that the sacked lawmaker lied
on oath when he filled INEC Form with sworn
affidavit.
He said that Garba claimed he attended
schools that he never went to and also forged
certificates of those schools.
“His affidavit in support of Personal
Particulars INEC forms CF 001 stated that he
attended Teachers College Bama, Borno State,
from 1979 to 1984, but there is no record
from the school and National Teachers
Institute, of his having attended such
institution.
“He also claimed in the affidavit that he
attended Central Primary School Potiskum,
from 1974 to 1979, but there is no record
from the school that he attended such
institution,” he said.
Yakubu said they tabled overwhelming
evidence before the tribunal on the offences
which led to the nullification of the purported
election of Garba, who was not qualified ab-
initio to contest the election.
He said the prosecution of Garba would serve
as deterrent to others.
Yakubu thanked the judiciary for giving him
justice and expressed his confidence in the
sector.
“I am very happy and confident because the
forces that fought me in this case have been
defeated and this case has proven beyond
reasonable doubt that actually the judiciary is
the hope of the common man,’’ he said.
NAN
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called
for the prosecution of Mr Sabo Garba, a Yobe
House of Representative member whose election
was nullified by a tribunal for lack of educational
qualification.
The party who made the call in an interview with
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on
Thursday said that Garba should be prosecuted for
perjury and forgery.
NAN recalled that the Legislative Election
Petitions Tribunal for Yobe on Tuesday in
Abuja nullified the election of Garba for not
having the requisite educational qualification
to contest the Nagere/Potiskum federal
constituency’s poll into the House of
Representatives.
The Tribunal had returned Mr Ali Yakubu of
the APC as the rightful winner of the election
and ordered INEC to issue him with the
certificate of return.
Yakubu, who spoke on behalf of his party on
Thursday, said that the sacked lawmaker lied
on oath when he filled INEC Form with sworn
affidavit.
He said that Garba claimed he attended
schools that he never went to and also forged
certificates of those schools.
“His affidavit in support of Personal
Particulars INEC forms CF 001 stated that he
attended Teachers College Bama, Borno State,
from 1979 to 1984, but there is no record
from the school and National Teachers
Institute, of his having attended such
institution.
“He also claimed in the affidavit that he
attended Central Primary School Potiskum,
from 1974 to 1979, but there is no record
from the school that he attended such
institution,” he said.
Yakubu said they tabled overwhelming
evidence before the tribunal on the offences
which led to the nullification of the purported
election of Garba, who was not qualified ab-
initio to contest the election.
He said the prosecution of Garba would serve
as deterrent to others.
Yakubu thanked the judiciary for giving him
justice and expressed his confidence in the
sector.
“I am very happy and confident because the
forces that fought me in this case have been
defeated and this case has proven beyond
reasonable doubt that actually the judiciary is
the hope of the common man,’’ he said.
NAN
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