Panic As Kano Tribunal Sacks Gov. Kabir Yusuf , Declares APC’s Gawuna Winner

Panic As Tribunal Sacks Kabir Yusuf As Kano Governor, Declares APC’s Gawuna Winner

 

 

 

Interestingly, the Kano Tribunal Sacks Gov Yusuf, Declares APC’s Gawuna Winner.

 

 

The Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the March 18 election.

 

 

 

Yusuf, who contested on the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) platform, was declared the election winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

 

 

While Nasir Gawuna, his APC rival congratulated him, the party proceeded to court.

 

On Wednesday, the three-man panel ordered the withdrawal of the certificate of return which INEC presented to Governor Yusuf and directed a certificate of return to be issued to Gawuna.

 

 

 

The court deducted 165,663 votes from Gov Yusuf’s total as invalid, stating that the ballot papers (165,663) were not stamped or signed and therefore declared null.

 

 

“”We have just come out of the Court and we heard the verdict. We have already informed our people yesterday that we suspect injustice and some foul play taking place in this Court prior to what has happened. We are appealing to our teeming supporters and the Kano populace that we are not taking it for granted. We are not accepting it, we will appeal it and know that the Appeal Court will judge it better.