Nigeria, Jan. 22 -- The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Husseini Baba Yusuf, has inaugurated the FCT Area Council Election Appeal Tribunal at the High Court, Maitama, Abuja.

The chief judge inagurated three members to serve on the tribunal, which serves as an appellate body for electoral disputes at the FCT Area Council level. They are Sulieman Belgore, Maryam Hassan, and Aliyu Shafa. They are to adjudicate on the disputes arising from the area council elections scheduled to take place in the FCT on 21 February.

A statement on the inauguration of members of appeal tribunal was shared with PREMIUM TIMES by the chief judge's office on Wednesday.

In his keynote address on Monday, Mr Baba-Yusuf described the inaugurati...