On Thursday, December 21st, the Supreme Court has set a hearing regarding the Kano Governorship Election Petition.
New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) governor Kabir Abba Yusuf is contesting the ruling of the Appeal Court, which upheld the tribunal’s decision to dismiss him and declare Dr. Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the victor of the March 11 governorship election.
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Governor Yusuf’s attorney, Barrister Bashir Tudun Waziri, stated that the legal team representing the governor and his party received the hearing notification.
The three-person panel of the petition court denied the case, pointing out that when Governor Yusuf filed to run for governor, he was not a registered member of the NNPP.
However, a Certified True Copy of the ruling that turned up a few days later provided a different ruling.
One of the last words on Page 68 of Justice Moore Adumein’s lead opinion read, “I will conclude by stating that the live issues in this appeal are hereby resolved in favour of the 1st respondent and against the appellant.”
The APC and NNPP asserted that the ruling validated their electoral triumphs.
But the NNPP challenged the Court of Appeal’s ruling, which affirmed the governorship election petition tribunal’s ruling, in its notice of appeal filed with the Supreme Court.
Gboyega Awomolo, SAN, the appellant’s attorney, provided ten reasons to contest the appeal.
“The entire judgement of the Court of Appeal save and except the conclusion and orders at page 67 of the duly Certified True Copy, CTC, including the order as to cost favourable to the appellant,” he claims the appellant is contesting.
