Kano, Nov. 17, 2023 -The Court of Appeal Court in Abuja on Friday sacked Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State governor.
In a unanimous judgment delivered on Friday, the three-member panel ruled in favour of the APC Candidate, Gawuna.
The court, headed by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay, held that Governor Yusuf was not a valid candidate in the gubernatorial election held on March 18 as Yusuf was not a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) at the time the election was held.
It said that under Section 177(c) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, Yusuf was not qualified to contest the governorship election since he was not validly sponsored by the NNPP.
The court, consequently, upheld the judgement of the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which nullified the election of Yusuf.
The tribunal had in its judgement on Sept. 20, sacked Governor Yusuf from office and declared Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the valid winner of the governorship election. (GBN)
