The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the 2019 election of the Kano State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, as Governor of the State.
A seven-man panel led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party’s Abba Yusuf to challenge the victory of the governor at the March 2019 poll.
Justice Sylvster Ngwuta who delivered the lead judgment of the apex court held that Yusuf failed to demonstrate any cogent reasons to warrant the setting aside of both the judgments of the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal which had both affirmed the victory of Ganduje and his party, the All Progressives Congress in the election in the state
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abba Kabir Yusuf, filed an appeal at the apex court to dispute the March 23 supplementary election held in some electoral wards in Kano State.
The court held that the appellant failed to prove any case of irregularity in the main election held on March 9, 2019 and the supplementary election on March 23, 2019.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the March 9 election in Kano State inconclusive, which led to the supplementary election held on March 23