Appeal Court Stands by Kano Verdict Sacking Governor Yusuf

The Court of Appeal, yesterday, said it stands by its judgment sacking Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State.

Yusuf was the candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, in the March 18 governorship poll in Kano State.

The Appeal Court affirmed the decision of Kano State Governorship Tribunal, which declared Dr. Nasiru Gawuna of All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the poll.

The appelate court’s position came on a day the NNPP lodged an appeal at the Supreme Court.

It also appealed to the National Judicial Council, NJC, to probe the judgment.

But the APC has dismissed concerns raised about the reported contradictions in the CTC, saying it was of no issue.

This is even as protests rocked Kano State, yesterday, following an alleged ‘error’ in the Appeal Court judgment that sacked Governor Abba Yusuf of the state.

Police had to move in to disperse the protesters.

In a bid to clear the air on the controversy trailing the judgment it delivered on the Kano State governorship election dispute, the Court of Appeal, yesterday, restated its order that sacked Governor Yusuf.

The appellate court dismissed as clerical error, a portion in the certified true copy of its judgment, which Governor Yusuf and his party, the NNPP, claimed validated their victory in the gubernatorial contest held on March 18.

Reacting to the development, the appellate court, through its Chief Registrar, Mr. Umar Bangari,  said the “clerical error,” did not in any way invalidate or change the unanimous conclusion of the three-member panel of justices that decided the appeal.

The Chief Registrar said the clerical error would be rectified, once parties in the matter filed a formal application to that effect.