THE Chairman of Osun State Governorship
Election Petitions Tribunal, Justice I. M. Bako, has been removed by the
President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, it was
gathered yesterday.
Justice Bako was removed barely two weeks after the panel started sitting.
His removal is provoking comments on why the court is always having challenges with election petitions in Osun.
Although the removal of tribunal
chairman is within the power of the appeal court’s president, political
motives and intrigues were suspected to be behind Justice Bako’s
removal.
The three-man tribunal began sitting on August 27, 2014.
Its other members are Justice A.M. Awwalu and Justice Benson Ogbu.
