20th September, 2023
All Progressives Congress national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje bowed down in praise of God, moments after the ruling of the Kano Election Petition Tribunal.
The Tribunal declared Nasir Yusuf Gawuna as the duly elected governor of Kano state and sacked incumbent Abba Yusuf of the NNPP.
Gawuna was Ganduje’s deputy for four years in Kano.
Although Gawuna congratulated Governor Abba Yusuf, whose victory was nullified today, the party challenged the victory in court.
The party’s efforts finally paid off today as the three-man tribunal faulted Abba Yusuf’s victory.
It invalidated 165,663 ballots which were counted for him and deducted the votes from the 1,019,602 votes he initially won.
That left him with 853,939 votes, fewer than the 890,705 votes of Gawuna.
The tribunal ordered INEC to present Gawuna with the certificate of return and withdraw Abba Yusuf’s.