A Chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP who was in court to witness the proceeding, has rejected the judgment of the court
The Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) 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.
The court deducted 165,663 votes from Yusuf’s total as invalid votes, stating that the affected ballot papers were not stamped or signed and therefore declared invalid.
Speaking to newsmen after the judgment which was given virtually, the NNPP stalwart said; “We have just come out of the Court and we heard the verdict.
“We have already informed our people yesterday that we suspect injustice and some foul play taking place in this Court prior to what has happened.
“We are appealing to our teeming supporters and the Kano populace that we are not taking it for granted. We are not accepting the judgment, we will appeal it and know that the Appeal Court will judge it better.
