The supreme court has affirmed the election of Abba Yusuf as governor of Kano state .
A five-member panel of the apex court has upheld the election of Abba Yusuf as governor of Kano state.
The apex 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 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had in March 2023, declared Yusuf as the winner of the governorship election in Kano state.
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.
