Confusion in Kano as Appeal Court's Certified Judgment Shows Governor Abba Yusuf Was Not Sacked

• The Court of Appeal affirmed the sacking of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano has created confusion in the state
• This was as a certified copy of the judgment in circulation revealed a contradictory judgment, and the NNPP stalwarts in the state are already seeing the judgment as favourable
• However, an APC chieftain disclosed that the court admitted that it was a clerical error and that the party would get a true copy soon

Kano - Kano state has been enveloped in confusion following the release of the certified copy of the judgment of the Court of Appeal that affirmed the sacking of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf by the state governorship election petition tribunal.

In its judgment delivered on Friday, November 17, the Court of Appeal reaffirmed the sacking of the governor, a candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the March 18 governorship election in the state, Daily Trust reported.

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Controversies in a certified copy of judgment sacking Kano governor

In the copy of the judgment in circulation on Tuesday, November 22, there are some contradictions in the judgment, which has been generating reactions among stakeholders in the state.

The lead judge in the case, Justice Moore Aseimo Abraham Adumein, stated in one of the concluding paragraphs on page 68, “I will conclude by stating that the live issues in this appeal are hereby resolved in favour of the 1st respondent and against the appellant.”

In the suit, the governor is the appeal, while the All Progressives Congress (APC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the NNPP are the first, second and third respondents.

In another paragraph, the judge stated, "In the circumstances, I resolve all the issues in favour of the appellant and against the 1st respondent."

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APC NNPP speak their side on controversies certified copies of a court judgment

Many NNPP stalwarts in the state have seen the development as favourable to them. Still, a lawyer who spoke on the condition of anonymity maintained that the controversy could have resulted from a typographical error, adding that what happened at the court was what earlier reported in the media that the governor had been sacked.

On the other side, a chieftain of the APC confirmed to newsmen that they would be getting the true copy of the certified copy of the judgment and that the court admitted that it was a clerical error.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Atiku Abubakar's spokesperson, Abdulrasheed Shehu, has predicted that the APC will secure victory in the appeal against the sack of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano.

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The PDP chieftain alleged that the calculation of the ruling party was to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.

Shehu's comment came as the Court of Appeal set to deliver its verdict on the appeal against the judgment of the state tribunal that earlier sacked Governor Yusuf of NNPP and declared APC's Gawuna as the poll winner.

Source: Legit.ng