There is a controversy in Kano State as Certified True Copy of the Appeal Court Judgement on the Kano State Governorship election, contradicts the widely reported news of sacking of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
Going by the revelation, has affirmed the victory of Yusuf as duly elected Governor of the state.
This is just as the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Dederi, said this latest discovery will strengthen their position at the Supreme Court.
Going by the fresh revelation as indicated in the written judgement, the Court of Appeal set aside the judgement of the Kano election petition tribunal for lacking in merit.
A copy of the judgement showed that the evidence contained on page 67 of the copy of the Appeal Court judgement released on Tuesday and signed by Registrar 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.
However, it will be recalled that the three-member appeal court panel, in the lead judgment read by Justice Moore Aseimo Abraham Adumein on Friday, 17th November 2023, dismissed the appeal filed by Governor Yusuf based on his membership status.
Also, the appellate court subsequently affirmed Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress APC as the winner of the March 25th, 2023 Governorship poll in Kano.
However, while addressing pressmen on the issues, the Kano state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Dederi, said page 67 of the certified copy of the judgement indicated that the tribunal’s ruling that sacked Governor Yusuf was set aside.
He ( Barrister Dederi )insisted that contrary to what the Judges read to the public in the courtroom on the 17th of November, the written evidence has vindicated Yusuf as the legitimate Governor of Kano state.
He said,” As a result, the court has exposed itself by providing a confusing judgement different from what was read during the delivery of the judgement last Friday in Abuja.
He then stated that this latest discovery would strengthen their position at the Supreme Court.
However, a lawyer who preferred anonymity stated that the whole issue may be borne out of a typing mistake, which would be corrected at the Supreme court.
