The Court of Appeal in Abuja has announced its decision to reserve judgment in the case brought by Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, who is appealing his removal by the state Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.
Governor Yusuf’s removal stems from the ruling by the tribunal on September 20, which invalidated 165,663 of his votes. The tribunal’s decision was based on the grounds that the ballot papers used in the election were neither signed nor stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Consequently, the tribunal declared Nasiru Gawuna, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the governorship election.
Governor Yusuf, dissatisfied with this ruling, chose to appeal the tribunal’s verdict and has urged the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment.
The Court of Appeal’s decision is eagerly anticipated as it has a lot to do to the resolution of this contentious electoral dispute.
Thought the matter may still get to the Supreme Court, the Nigeria’s apex court.