Photo: Gov Abba Yusuf of Kano State.
Breaking: Appeal Court sacks NNPP Kano Governor
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Gov Abba Yusuf of Kano State.
Delivering judgment on Friday, a three-member panel of the court held that Yusuf of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) was not a member of the party when he was sponsored to contest for governor.
According to the Appeal Court, such was in breach of the constitution and thus rendered his election as the Governor of Kano State in March a nullity.
The panel therefore upheld the judgement delivered by the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal which earlier sacked Yusuf on September 20.
Periscope International recalls that INEC had announced Yusuf winner of the March 18, 2023 election, after he garnered 1,019,602 votes to defeat Gawuna, who got 890,705 of the votes cast.
However, the APC approached the Tribunal, citing alleged electoral malpractice.
The tribunal later declared that the 165,663 votes scored by Yusuf during the poll were 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, and declared the latter as Kano State Governor-elect.
