The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso of the All Progressives Congress and upheld the election of Yusuf Umar Datti of the New Nigeria People’s Party as the member representing Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency Election.
The National and State House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano State had on September 10th, 2023, nullified the election of Yusuf Umar Datti.
The tribunal, headed by Justice Flora Ngozi Azingbe, voided Yusuf’s election over his failure to resign from his lecturing job at Bayero University, Kano, within 30 days before the election.
Justice Azingbe also held that Datti could not convince the tribunal that he was a member of the NNPP.
But in a ruling today, the three-man panel led by Justice Tunde Oyebamiji Awotoye allowed an Appeal by Yusuf Datti and averred that the tribunal was wrong to have counted the date of the Appellant’s resignation on the date of his party’s primary election and that Section 77 of the Electoral Act was misapplied, saying no court has jurisdiction on the issue of membership of the party.
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