JUST-IN: WHY TRIBUNAL SACKED KANO STATE GOVERNOR, ABBA KABIR
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All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Nasiru Gawuna was proclaimed the victor of the March 18 governorship election by the Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday, forcing the resignation of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
The three-man panel ordered withdrawal of certificate of return which INEC presented to Governor Yusuf and directed a certificate of return to be issued to Gawuna.
The court deducted 165,663 votes from Gov Yusuf total as invalid votes, stating that the ballot papers (165,663) were not stamped or signed and therefore declared invalid.
Since the panelists weren’t present in person, the reading of the verdict was done digitally using Zoom, a teleconferencing service.
After both parties’ solicitors presented their final arguments on behalf of their clients on August 21, the decision was made some weeks later.
Over 200,000 ballots that were counted were found to be unstamped/ unsigned and therefore not on BVAS.
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