The Nigerian National Peoples Party, NNPP has rejected the ruling of the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that sacked its candidate Abba Kabir Yusuf, as the governor of Kano state.
News About Nigeria recalls that the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, as the winner of the March 18 election.
Yusuf, who contested on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the poll in March.
But on Wednesday, the three-man panel, after hearing the petitions, ordered the withdrawal of the certificate of return which INEC presented to Yusuf and directed a certificate of return to be issued to Gawuna.
However, responding to the court’s verdict, the NNPP described the court’s decision as a miscarriage of justice.
The Acting National Chairman of the party, Abba Kawu Ali in a statement, alleged the tribunal unjustly subtracted 165,663 votes from the party’s result in order to award victory to the APC. The Acting Chairman while appealing for calm in Kano state also alleged the judgement was an affront to constitutionalism, vowing that the party would appeal the judgement.
Already, the Kano State police command had declared in 24-hour curfew in the state to forestall any form of violence that might erupt as a result of the ruling delivered by the state’s tribunal.
The state police urged residents of the state to remain indoors during the cause of the curfew, adding that armed policemen had been deployed to various parts of the state.
