Supreme Court affirm that Abba Yusuf, Bala Mohammed remains duly elected governors

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The Supreme Court has upheld Bala Mohammed’s election as the governor of Bauchi state and Abba Yusuf’s victory as the governor of Kano state.

In Bauchi, a five-member panel of the apex court dismissed Sadique Abubakar’s appeal, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 2023 election. Meanwhile, in Kano, another five-member panel of the apex court ruled that the tribunal and the court of appeal made errors in removing Yusuf, the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), as governor.

The court supported the court of appeal’s findings, which affirmed the election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, and rejected Abubakar’s appeal as “devoid of merit.”

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Regarding the Kano case, the Supreme Court had reserved judgment after hearing the appeals on December 21, 2023.

In March 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Yusuf as the winner of the Kano governorship election. The Kano governor secured 1,019,602 votes, defeating Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who garnered 890,705 votes.