Kano governorship election: Gov Yusuf reacts to Supreme Court verdict against APC

• The apex court docket’s dedication overturned the earlier rulings by the Court docket of Enchantment and the tribunal that had first and main nullified Abba Yusuf’s election
• Friday’s court docket ruling marked the conclusive chapter within the apt fight surrounding the Kano governorship election dispute
• Reacting to his victory in opposition to the opposition, Governor Yusuf expressed his gratitude to God

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of skills masking political events and actions.

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has reacted to the Supreme Court docket’s judgement on the disputed Kano governorship election.

Reacting to the Supreme Court docket verdict that affirmed him as governor, Governor Yusuf acknowledged he feels extremely pleased, Channels TV reported.

The court docket judgment on Kano election delivered on Friday

The apex court docket upheld the election of the New Nigeria Peoples Occasion (NNPP) candidate, Yusuf, as the governor of Kano suppose on Friday, January 12, 2024.

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The court docket reversed the dedication of the Court docket of Enchantment and the governorship election petitions tribunal, which sacked the Kano governor.

The court docket’s verdict signifies the final step within the regulations in verifying who will rule Kano suppose.

How the court docket obvious Yusuf’s destiny

In figuring out the case, the apex court docket raised two concerns: whether the decrease court docket became as soon as apt in deducting 165,616 from the votes the Self enough Nationwide Electoral Commission announced for the governor and whether the decrease court docket might well settle the spot of party membership.

Justice Okoro held that the tribunal became as soon as immoral in deducting 165,616 votes gathered to Yusuf within the election since the ballotpapers weren’t signed and stamped by INEC officers.

Abba Yusuf reacts to his victory at the Supreme Court docket

Reacting to the apex court docket’s dedication on his election appeal, Governor Yusuf took to his Fb web page to particular his gratitude to God.

The governor also shared a picture of himself in a joyous mood.

Governor Yusuf wrote:

“Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. – AKY.”

How the appeal court docket sacked NNPP’s Yusuf

Recall that the embattled Kano governor filed an appeal in opposition to the judgment of the Court docket of Enchantment, which had affirmed his sacking.

The decrease court docket declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir Gawuna, as the official winner of the Kano suppose governorship election held on Saturday, March 18, 2023.

Kano guber: Ex-Gov Shakarau advises APC, NNPP

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, the ex-governor of Kano suppose, told the NNPP and the APC to embody the Supreme Court docket’s dedication gracefully.

The ex-governor, expressing self assurance within the judicial arrangement, emphasised that energy cannot be bought or taken away through a kind of forms of mistreatment, animosity, or inflammatory remarks.

APC shares asoebi sooner than Supreme Court docket verdict

In a daring gesture, the APC in Kano suppose equipped its members with festive attire that contains the emblematic cap connected with President Tinubu.

This became as soon as anticipation of the Supreme Court docket verdict on the Kano election.

Meanwhile, the NNPP in Kano is resorting to divine intervention, seeking divine guidance to substantiate its candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf’s election victory at the highest court docket.

Supply: Legit.ng