The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reserved judgment in the appeal by the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, challenging his removal by the state Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.
This is after the tribunal nullified Yusuf’s election on September 20 by declaring 165,663 of his votes invalid.
The tribunal held that the ballot papers used were neither signed nor stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
It consequently declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, winner of the governorship election.
But, dissatisfied with the judgment, the Kano governor, Yusuf appealed the tribunal verdict and urged the court to set aside the judgment.
In Monday’s proceeding, Wole Olanipekun, lead counsel to Yusuf, argued that this is the first time in history that the tribunal would nullify the victory of a candidate over the non-signing of the back of the ballot papers.
Olanipekun prayed that the court should set aside the judgement of the tribunal.
Responding, Akin Olujimi, counsel to the APC, argued that the non-signing of the ballot paper is electoral malpractice.
