Yusuf asked his supporters and the entire people of Kano to be law-abiding and patient
Kehinde Okeowo
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has reacted to the verdict of the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal.
TheNiche had reported that the three-man panel on Wednesday nullified the election of Yusuf and declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nasir Gawuna winner of the March 18 election.
The judges also ordered the withdrawal of his certificate of return and directed a
INEC to issue a certificate of return to Gawuna.
Speaking about the verdict after the judgement was delivered, the governor said the ruling was nothing but a temporary setback.
Yusuf further said, “It will not dampen my morals as we will continue to do good works we have started for the good people of Kano State”.
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He went on to say he and his party are convinced beyond reasonable doubt that the judgement was full of errors and misapplication of the law and as such would not see the light of the day at appeal, as well as the Supreme Court.
“My election was something that was testified to be upright and just; the people of Kano came out en masse to cast their votes for me, so nobody will sit down and upturn my victory,” he said.
He asked his supporters and the entire people of Kano to be law-abiding and patient.
“The judgement does not in any way mean that we are just going out of government, we are still in power and even tomorrow we are going to hold the weekly Executive Council Meeting to come out with laudable projects.
“The judgement will not dampen our morale because it is a temporary setback; we will get justice at the Apex Court”, he emphasized.