The Court of  Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf.

This judgement comes after a tribunal sitting in the State had sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023.

The lower court in his judgment ruled that 165,663 votes of Yusuf, of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) invalid on the grounds that they were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The governor’s votes were then reduced to 853,939 while those of Nasir Ganuwa, his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, remained at 890,705.

Yusuf had rejected the tribunal verdict, which he described as “unfair” and “a miscarriage of justice”, and headed to the appeal court.

Details later…