Jos, Plateau state — The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, has ruled that former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland and a founding father of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Yahaya Kwande, is eligible to contest the traditional stool of his locality in Qua’an Pan Local Government area i.e., The “Longkwo of Kwande”.

It is alleged that ambassador Kwande was selected and enthroned as the “Longkwo” following the death of the late chief, Mr. Homkwap in July 1988, but was subsequently dethroned in less than a year because of a court case filed by 12 of his kinsmen, who were equally princes of the chiefdom who argued that he was not eligible for the throne.

This week however, the Court of Appeal presided over by Justice Igbeh ruled that evidence presented before him, which included those from previous sittings showed that Yahaya Kwande was one of the princes of the chiefdom and was therefore eligible to contest the seat.

Jos, Plateau state — The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, has ruled that former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland and a founding father of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Yahaya Kwande, is eligible to contest the traditional stool of his locality in Qua’an Pan Local Government area i.e., The “Longkwo of Kwande”.

It is alleged that ambassador Kwande was previously selected and enthroned as the “Longkwo” following the death of the late chief, Mr. Homkwap in July 1988, but was subsequently dethroned in less than a year because of a court case filed by 12 of his kinsmen, who were equally princes of the chiefdom who argued that he was not eligible for the throne.

This week however, the Court of Appeal presided over by Justice Igbeh ruled that evidence presented before him, which included those from previous sittings showed that Yahaya Kwande was one of the princes of the chiefdom and was therefore eligible to contest the seat.

Justice Igbeh ruled, “Oral and documentary evidence reveal that Yahaya Kwande is a descendant of one of the four ruling houses eligible to produce candidates.” And is therefore eligible to contest the seat under contention.

The court further averred that evidence presented suggests that Yahaya Kwande’s father had at a time been the second in command to the Longkwo of Kwande and that Yahaya Kwande being the son of the second in command in the traditional institution was eligible to vie for the position.

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Yahaya Kwande wins 25 year old chieftancy dispute