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Guber election: Tension in Kano as Court of Appeal delivers judgement
There is palpable tension and fears in Kano State as the Appeal Court will deliver judgement in the appeal filed by Abba Yusuf challenging the judgment of the election petition tribunal that removed him as governor.
A hearing notice of the court indicated that the suit, no: CA/KN/EP/GOV/KAN/34/2023, would be heard tomorrow at the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
Parties in the suit include Yusuf, his party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The tribunal had declared the APC candidate, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, as the winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election in the state, nullifying the election of Yusuf.
Specifically, the tribunal declared 165,663 of Yusuf’s votes invalid, saying they were not signed or stamped by INEC.
INEC declared Yusuf the winner after he secured 1,019,602 votes against his opponent Nasiru Gawuna who secured 890,705 votes.
However, after the tribunal deducted the 165,663 votes from Yusuf’s score, his votes were reduced to 853, 939, which was over 30,000 votes less than the 890,705 votes polled by Gawuna.
Consequently, the court declared the candidate of APC winner of the governorship election and ordered the INEC to withdraw Yusuf’s certificate of return and issue another to Gawuna.
Thereafter, Yusuf and his party, the NNPP, as well as the INEC filed an appeal at Court if Appeal to nullify the judgment of the lower court.
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