Tribunal Sacks NNPP’s Abba Kabir As Kano Governor

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Kanos State has sacked the state Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the March 18 election.

Yusuf, who contested on the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) was announced as winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The three-man panel ordered withdrawal of certificate of return which INEC presented to Governor Yusuf and directed a certificate of return to be issued to Gawuna.

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INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that the court deducted 165,663 votes from Gov Yusuf total as invalid votes, stating that the ballot papers (165,663) were not stamped or signed and therefore declared invalid.

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