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Court Of Appeal Fixes Friday For Judgment On Kano Election Petition

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja is ready to deliver its judgment on the appeal Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf filed to challenge his removal by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday.

The Appellate court is expected to give a ruling over an appeal over the earlier decision of a three-man panel of judges led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023, by declaring 165,663 of his votes invalid because they were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The tribunal had reduced the governor’s votes reduced to 853,939 while those of Nasir Ganuwa, his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival remained at 890,705.

Not satisfied with this judgement, Yusuf approached the Court of Appeal to nullify the tribunal verdict, which he described as “unfair” and “a miscarriage of justice”, and headed to the appeal court.

Wole Olanipekun, SAN, representing Yusuf, sought the court to overturn the tribunal’s decision.

The appellate court had reserved judgment, saying a date would be communicated to the parties involved.

According to Daily Trust, on Thursday, the court announced that judgment would be delivered on Friday.

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