The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the
appeal of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano
State, INEC and APC, challenging the decision
of the court of appeal allowing PDP governorship
candidate, Abba Yusuf, to present witnesses at
the election petition tribunal.
The five-man panel, led by Justice Mary Odili,
unanimously upheld the decision of the Court of
Appeal directing the tribunal to allow the
“omitted” witnesses heard.
On July 29, the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division
granted the application filed by the PDP and its
governorship candidate, Abba Yusuf, seeking to
present omitted witnesses before the Kano
Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
The interlocutory application was filed following
July 16 ruling of the tribunal in Kano, which
disqualified eight key witnesses of the PDP from
testifying before it.
The names of eight witnesses, including the
state chairman of the PDP Rabiu Bichi and a
local government party leader Umar Tanko who
allegedly witnessed the disputed Gama election
result snatching, were omitted in the list of
witnesses despite having their oath of affidavit
as part of content of the suit.
On September 18, the respondents — INEC, APC
and the governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje
— adopted their final written addresses, and
petitioners — Abba Yusuf and PDP — adopted
their response on written addresses.
The chairman of the tribunal, Halima Shamaki,
said the panel was conscious of the deadline of
180 days provided by the Electoral Act, hence
the resolve to tidy her work and deliver
judgement within the timeframe.
In their arguments during the presentation, all
the respondents’ counsels: Ofiong Ofiong SAN,
Alex Ezinyon and Ahmed Raji SAN had
unanimously requested the tribunal to dismiss
the case as the counsel to the petitioners did
not prove their claims.
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But, in response to the submissions of all the
respondents, the counsel to PDP and its
candidate Kanu Agabi, SAN cited a point of
reference from the content of INEC’s final
written address that the electoral umpire had
proved the petitioners claim of conducting a
free, fair and credible election on the March 9,
2019.
Mr Agabi further stressed that INEC had
admitted in its final address that the PDP
candidate was leading with lawful votes and that
results were collated and announced.
According to him, INEC has later decided to
cancel 207 polling units which is contrary to the
provision of the law.
“INEC has announced the result of the 9th
March, so to us this case is very simple, all we
pray from the honourable tribunal is the
declaration of a winner based on the lawful
votes cast, which is the PDP candidate Engr.
Abba K Yusuf as contained in our evidence
number one, a certified true copy of the state
collation result sheet issued by the INEC itself,”
he said.
However, Mr Ganduje’s counsel, Ofiong Ofiong,
argued that for PDP to claim victory of the
March 9 election, the party must provide scores
of all polling units in the state.
After the arguments, Justice Shamaki reserved
judgment and adjourned the sitting sine die.





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Ok

Ganduje (Gandollar), your days are numbered in Kano state governor's house

Tribunal should end this Kano petition, so that whosoever that won will face governance squarely.

When politics stumbles, the people pays.

Book

gandollar is in trouble.

Judges send

Gandollar and the APC want the key witnesses expunged from being part of the trial because they have skeleton they're hiding.What a set of humanity.

Politics from a bitter angle

If PDp gets Kano, 2023 will be interesting

The only man with a foreign reserve in his pocket

Very good

Rochas2023:
If PDp gets Kano, 2023 will be interesting

If PDP gets Kano, APC can as well kiss 2023 goodbye.

This is first leg victory for PDP. Pointer to better things to come.

Supplementary elections is unconstitutional.

If it's in the electoral act, then what is in the electoral act is inconsistent with the constitution, and therefore ultra vires.

Kano heist must not be given judicial imprimatur as was the case in Osun.

I wish this can eventually lead to booting him out of the guber seat

What happen to osun pdp from judiciary still fresh in our memory,i wonder what will happen to this kano judgement,i pity nigeria.

Ganduje is buhari right hand man. No matter the evidence and witness . Ganduje won't loose in the tribunal. Federal might will be is lifeguard. More so, if he fails in the tribunal, buharis integrity will be put on test talking of his dollar pocketing saga since the only reason efcc pointed of not investigating him is because his still in office

politics is sweet but what I do is sweeter
check me

9jahotblog:
Ganduje (Gandollar), your days are numbered in Kano state governor's house

why do foolish people knowingly love to be foolish in this country ?! Who does not know Ganduje will complete 8 years Biafra or no biafra ?+

Jombom:
why do foolish people knowingly love to be foolish in this country ?! Who does not know Ganduje will complete 8 years Biafra or no biafra ?+

hmmmm gandollar, your days are numbered.

For real

adebuk47:
For real

yes for real

Abba the people's choice is coming with full force.