Human rights campaigner Aisha Yesufu claims that Nigeria’s democracy is in danger of being destroyed by the court.
Yesufu was responding to the decision of the Appeal Court that had dismissed Abba Kabir Yusuf as the governor of Kano State.
Remember that Yusuf’s election had been declared void by a panel of three judges presided over by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay?
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The court ruled that Yusuf’s 165,663 votes were void.
Because the votes were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the appeal court declared that they were void.
The governor, running on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), then received 853,939 votes, while Nasir Ganuwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) continued to receive 890,705 votes.
The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) candidate for governor, Gawuna, was proclaimed the official victor of the March 18 election by the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Court, which also declared Yusuf’s victory to be invalid.
In response, Yesufu wrote on X, saying, “The judiciary is really on the path to destroy democracy in Nigeria completely.”
“People in Kano rejected the APC in 2019, but rigged magic was still done, and it’s happening now.
“You give the illegitimate will of the people more space to be expressed when you take away their legitimate will.”
