Court affirms verdict in Kano governorship election dispute

The court insisted that its verdict pronounced in the open court on Friday remains as declared. It reiterated that it affirmed the decision of the trial tribunal, which upheld the prayers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nasiru Gawuna.

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on whose platform Yusuf was declared winner of the March 18 governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) also yesterday called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to probe the alleged discrepancies in the CTC. Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Mohammed Bangari, said there was nothing to the controversies generated by the typographical errors noticed on the CTCs of the judgment obtained by parties. Bangari explained that the discrepancies noticed on the body of the judgment were a result of a clerical error that did not, in any way, invalidate or change the findings and conclusion of the court. But Kano State’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa-Dederi, disagreed with the appellate court’s clarificatio

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