The Court of Appeal says it stands by its judgment sacking Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State.
The Appeal Court affirmed the decision of Kano State Governorship Tribunal, which declared Dr. Nasiru Gawuna of All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the poll.
However, reports emerged on Wednesday that the written report of the Appeal Court had affirmed Yusuf as the winner, a development that caused tension in the state with members of the NNPP taking to the street to protest.
In a bid to clear the air on the controversy trailing the judgment it delivered on the Kano State governorship election dispute, the Court of Appeal, on Wednesday, restated its order that sacked Governor Yusuf.
Theappellate court dismissed as clerical error, a portion in the certified true copy of its judgment, which Governor Yusuf and his party, the NNPP, claimed validated their victory in the gubernatorial contest held on March 18.
The appellate court, through its Chief Registrar, Mr. Umar Bangari, said the “clerical error,” did not in any way invalidate or change the unanimous conclusion of the three-member panel of justices that decided the appeal.
The Chief Registrar said the clerical error would be rectified, once parties in the matter filed a formal application to that effect.
He stressed that Order 23, Rule 4 of the Court of Appeal HandBook, empowered the court to correct any clerical error, once detected by the court or any of the parties in the matter.
He added that contrary to insinuations in the social media, the judgment of the court remains valid.
“What happened in the part of the judgment is just a mere clerical error that ought not to draw any issue.
“The court is empowered to correct such clerical error and that will be done as appropriate,” Bangari added.
