The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja today November 17 affirmed the Kano state election Petition tribunal judgment that sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State and declared APC's Nasiru Ganuwa winner of the March1 8 election.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja today November 17 affirmed the Kano state election Petition tribunal judgment that sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State and declared APC's Nasiru Ganuwa winner of the March1 8 election. The state tribunal in its judgment delivered on September 20, 2023 nullified INEC's declaration of NNPP's Abba Yusuf winner of the election. The lower court had declared 165,663 votes of Yusuf invalid on the grounds that they were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Yusuf's votes were then reduced to 853,939 while those of Nasir Ganuwa, his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, remained at 890,705. Yusuf had rejected the tribunal verdict, which he described as “unfair” and “a miscarriage of justice”, and headed to the appeal court. At the court, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, lead for Yusuf, asked that the judgement of the tribunal be set aside. Kicking against the ruling on ballot papers, th...