Nigeria: Tenure Elongation - Supreme Court Delivers Judgment Today

27 January 2012

Abuja — TODAY is a decisive day for five of the nation's 36 governors. The Supreme Court will give a ruling on whether or not their tenures should start from the day they were re-sworn-in after re-run polls or from their first swearing-in date.

The affected state helmsmen are Governors Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa), Ibrahim Idris (Kogi), Liyel Imoke (Cross River) and Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (Sokoto).

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