The supreme court has today certified the election of Abba Yusuf as Kano state governor.
A five-member panel of the supreme court held that the tribunal and the court of appeal erred by sacking Yusuf, candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), as governor of the state.
The supreme court had reserved judgment after hearing the appeals on December 21, 2023.
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In March 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Yusuf as the winner of the Kano governorship election.
The Kano governor scored 1,019,602 votes to defeat Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 890,705 votes.
In September, the Kano governorship election petition tribunal sacked Yusuf as governor of the state.
The tribunal deducted 165,663 votes from the 1,019,602 recorded for Yusuf because the ballot papers were not stamped, signed and dated as required by law.
The tribunal therefore declared Yusuf Gawuna of APC the winner. The federal Appeal court upheld the decision of the tribunal which prompted the incumbent to take his appeal to the Apex court.
