Kano Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Wednesday, filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, challenging his removal as governor by the Appeal Court last week.
However, the incumbent Governor of Kano (Mr Yusuf) filed the appeal documents on Wednesday.
According to the notice of appeal, Mr Yusuf’s party the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) filed the appeal, which also joined the governor as a respondent in addition to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In the appeal filed, the document contained 10 grounds of appeal against the judgement of the appellate court, sought three reliefs from the Supreme Court as follows:
An order allowing the appeal and setting aside the judgement of the Court of Appeal was delivered on 17th November 2023.
It prays for an order upholding the portion of the judgement of the court of appeal setting aside the judgement of the trial Tribunal in petition No: EPT/RV/GOV/11/2023 and making an order as to costs in favour of the appellant.
Such further orders as this honourable court may deem appropriate in the circumstances of the appeal.
However, it will be recalled that last week, the Court of Appeal nullified the election of Governor Yusuf by declaring that the non-inclusion of his name in the register of his party held by INEC had violated section 177 (c) of the 1999 Constitution, which required a candidate vying for a governorship position to be a member of a political party.
The ruling was contrary to the opinion of the lower election petition tribunal, which ruled that the court lacked the jurisdiction to determine the membership of a party.
The Appeal Court had then sacked the governor and declared his opponent Nasiru Gawuna of the APC as the elected governor of Kano.
Dissatisfied with the verdict however, Mr Yusuf described the judgement as a travesty of justice and vowed to appeal against it at the Supreme Court.
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