Tag: Abba Kabir Yusuf

Just In! Supreme Court overturns Governor Yusufs sack; NNPP retains control in Kano

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which nullified the election of Governor Kabir Yusuf, of Kano State. A five-member panel of justices today unanimously held that the lower court misunderstood the import of the purported deduction of 165,616 ballot papers in favour of Governor Yusuf. The lead judgment by Justice Inyang Okoro also held that the issue of Governor Yusufs membership was a pre-election matter. He said the finding that by the virtue of Section 177(c) of the Nigerian Constitution and…

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Kano Election Petitions Tribunal: Supreme Court reserves judgement in Gov. Yusufs appeal

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in the appeal filed by the Kano State Governor, Abba-Yusuf, challenging the verdict of the Court of Appeal and the State Election Petitions Tribunal that removed him from office. The 5-member panel, led by Justice John Okoro, reserved the judgement after parties adopted their brief of arguments. Recall that on November 13, the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict of the tribunal. In its ruling, the Appeal Court agreed with the judgement of the tribunal, ruling that the fielding of Abba Yusuf was in…

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Kano Governorship Battle:Supreme Court to hear Abba Yusufs appeal Thursday

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday, December 21, to hear the appeal filed by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) seeking to affirm its candidate, Abba Yusuf, as governor of Kano State. Recall that in September, the Kano State 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 (165,663) were not stamped, signed and dated as required by law. The tribunal then declared Yusuf Gawuna, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the…

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Kano: “How we uncovered diversion of palliatives” Gov. Yusuf

Aminu Imam

Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, yesterday, uncovered a warehouse where food items meant for palliatives were being diverted at Shara?a industrial estate in the State. Leading government officials and newsmen to the isolated warehouse, Governor Yusuf was conducted round the facility where supposed hijacked food items were kept along with drums of chemicals. The incident occurred following a tip from some community members in Shara?a, who discovered suspicious movements of unknown people around the warehouse and reported the matter to Sharada Police division. While briefing the Governor at the…

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Kano: Protests over ACourt verdict sacking Gov. Yusuf

Aminu Imam

…As court admits clerical error in judgments CTC Protests rocked Kano yesterday, following the sacking of Governor Abba Yusuf by an Appeal Court. This was as Police dispersed protesters along the ?an-Agundi area of the metropolis yesterday. The fresh protests followed the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement which appeared in public domain and seemed contrary to the verdict of the appellate court. Some of the protesters said they were ready to die, as they demanded justice. There had been several interpretations of the judgment following a discrepancy between what…

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Breaking! Kano Governorship Election: Appeal Court sacks Governor Yusuf, declares Gawuna winner

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has sacked Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf. The court upheld the verdict of the tribunal, led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay, which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023. The lower court had declared 165,663 votes of Yusuf, who contested under the New Nigerian Peoples Party, (NNPP), invalid, on the grounds that they were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). The Governors votes were then reduced to 853,939 while those of Nasir Ganuwa, his All Progressives Congress (APC)…

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Kano: Court to hear Gov. Abba-Yusufs appeal Monday

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has fixed Monday for hearing of the appeal filed by Governor Abba Yusuf, of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), challenging the nullification of his election by the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal. This was contained in a notice of the suit, with case no.: CA/KN/EP/GOV/KAN/34/2023. The tribunal nullified Yusufs election by declaring 165,663 of his votes invalid, saying they were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). Recall that INEC had declared him the winner of the March…

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Kano: Gandujes govt. left over N500bn debt – Governor

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The Abba Yusuf Kabir-led Kano State government has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje left the State with a debt burden of over N500 billion. The State’s Deputy Governor, Aminu AbdulSalam Gwarzo,  who made this known in Kaduna while chairing the North-West zonal meeting of NNPP, revealed that the debt owed by the past government may be over N500 billion at the end of the ongoing verification process. The Deputy Governor also said that the huge debt impeded the smooth take-off of the NNPP…

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Kano: Tribunal sacks Abba-Yusuf, declares APCs Gawuna winner, orders a rerun

Aminu Imam

State govt. imposes 24-hr curfew amid tensions The Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, yesterday, sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), and declared the candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Gawuna, winner of the March 18 governorship poll. The Tribunal said based on the evidence presented by both parties, it found merit in the petition of the APC that there are irregularities and substantial non-compliance with electoral laws during the initial election. The tribunal therefore, ordered a rerun election between the two parties at…

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Kano Gov. vows to complete abandoned projects in 44 LGAs

Aminu Imam

Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has vowed that his administration will complete the five-kilometre dual carriageway projects in the 44 local government areas of the State abandoned by his predecessor, Abdullahi Ganduje. This was confirmed by the Commissioner for Works, Housing and Infrastructure, Marwan Ahmad, while receiving the new leadership of the State Correspondents Chapel during a courtesy call on Thursday. Ahmad said the State government would complete the road projects to facilitate human and vehicular movements within the local government headquarters. According to him, the state government was…

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