The Supreme Court has affirmed Abba Yusuf as the duly elected governor of Kano State.
Justice John Okoro who read the lead judgment held that the lower court was wrong in its judgment to have deducted 165,616 votes from the vote secured by the governor
The respondents claimed that the 165,616 ballot papers were not from INEC, that allegation was not proven
By virtue of section 63(1) of the Electoral Act before a ballot paper can be declared invalid, it must be proven that it was not given to the presiding officer.
The ballot papers in question were both signed and stamped, the only feature left out, was the date.
165,616 should be added to the votes secured by Abba Yusuf.
The Court of Appeal was wrong to find that the governor was a member of the NNPP.
The issue of nomination is not a candidate is a pre-election and no political party can interfere with how another party nominations its candidates.
