Kano Governorship election: Tribunal nullifies Governor Abba Yusuf, declares Nasiru Yusuf-Gawuna winner

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Kano Governorship election: Tribunal nullifies Governor Abba Yusuf, declares Nasiru Yusuf-Gawuna winner

Zainab Tanimu

Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria

The Kano State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday nullified the election of Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf, candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP).

The tribunal has declared Nasiru Yusuf-Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the March 18 governorship election.

Delivering judgement, the three-man panel, led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay, held that the margin of votes scored by NNPP was invalid and was not conducted in compliance with the 2022 electoral act.

The total of 165,663 votes were deducted from Yusuf’s total by the court as invalid votes.

The affected ballot papers it said were not stamped or signed and therefore declared invalid.

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