Supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Governor Abba Yusuf protested in some parts of Kano on Wednesday over the judgement of the court.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Bangari, on Wednesday admitted “clerical error” in the judgement delivered by the court on the Kano Governorship Election dispute.
In a statement, Bangari said that what happened in the judgement body was a typo error that did not in any way invalidate the court’s decision.
The chief registrar assured Nigerians that the error would be rectified once parties in the matter file formal application to that effect.
He cited Order 23 Rule 4 of the Court of Appeal HandBook which empowered the court to correct any clerical error once detected by the court or any of the parties in the matter.
He insisted that contrary to insinuations, the judgement of the court remained valid.
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This comes after several persons including rights lawyer, Femi Falana, raised observations of the errors in the certificate true copy of the court’s judgement.
Supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Governor Abba Yusuf protested in some parts of Kano on Wednesday over the judgement of the court.
In the last week, the appellate court sacked three governors that INEC declared as winners in the March 2023 poll. All the three governors sacked by the appellate court are in opposition parties.
In Zamfara, the appellate court sacked Governor Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when it declared the poll inconclusive about eight months later. The court ordered INEC to conduct a fresh election in three local government areas of the state. PDP’s Lawal and APC’s Bello Matawalle are the major contenders in the race.
On Sunday, the appellate court sacked PDP’s Caleb Mutfwang in Plateau State and ordered INEC to issue a Certificate of Return to APC’s Nentawe Goshwe. The court held that the party violated the court order that a valid congress be conducted in the 17 local government areas of that state.