Certified true copy of Appeal court Judgement on Kano state Governorship election has affirmed the victory of Abba Kabiru Yusuf as duly elected Governor of the state.
Gatekeepers News reports that the fresh revelation has unleashed confusion as the written judgement by the Court of Appeal set aside the judgement of the Kano election petition tribunal for lacking in merit.
In evidence contained in page 67 of the copy of the Appeal court judgement released on Tuesday and signed by Registar Jameel Ibrahim Umar, the appellate court upheld the victory of Abba Kabiru Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP as duly elected Governor of Kano.
On Friday, November 17, 2023, Gatekeepers News reported that the three member panel of the appeal court had dismissed the appeal filed by Governor Yusuf on the basis of his membership status.
The appellate court subsequently affirmed Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress APC as winner of March 25, 2023 Governorship poll in Kano.
However, the Kano state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Dederi, while addressing journalists on Tuesday evening, said page 67 of the certified copy of the judgement clearly indicated that the tribunal’s ruling that sacked Governor Yusuf was set aside.
Dederi insisted that contrary to what the Judges read to the public in the court room on the November 17, the written evidence has vindicated Yusuf as legitimate Governor of Kano state.
The national leadership of the NNPP had earlier cried out over the inability of the Appeal Court to provide them with certified true copy of the judgement.
The court upon the release of the copy of the judgement has exposed itself by providing a confusing judgement different from what was read during the delivery of the judgement last Friday in Abuja.
