The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State.

The panel upheld the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023.

The lower court had declared 165,663 votes of Yusuf, who contested under the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), invalid on the grounds that they were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The governor’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, the senior lawyer said that was the first time in the history that a tribunal would annul an election over non-signing of the back of ballot papers.

He had said the tribunal erred, arguing further that, that was the first time that a political party would file a matter without joining its candidate as a party in the petition and the candidate would declared winner of the polls.

But Akin Olujimi SAN, counsel for APC, countered him saying the Appeal Court stated emphatically that the non-signing of ballots amounted to electoral malpractice.

CilicMarin:
okay... garfield1 you talk am .

Throwback:
Victory for democracy and defeat for rigging.

OMBIIGA:
Supreme court to the rescue!

SadiqBabaSani:
Power is sweet, enjoy it, some years back PDP felt invincible

securitywatch50:
Hmmm, I pray it will not turnout to something else in Kano.

All I see is 2027 playing out
Hopefully it will not end up in premium tears.

CilicMarin:
details later...

https://dailytrust.com/breaking-appeal-court-sacks-kano-gov/

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State.

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seunmsg:
At this point, only God can save Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. I wish him the best of luck at the Supreme Court.