The Abuja Court of Appeal on Friday sacked governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State from office, according to a report from Daily Post. This decision confirmed an earlier ruling by the State Election Petitions Tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay, which had nullified Yusuf’s victory on September 20, 2023.
Abba Kabir Yusuf. The tribunal declared Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the rightful winner of the March 18 governorship election in the state. The Tribunal invalidated 165,663 votes cast for Yusuf under the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) because they lacked the necessary signatures or stamps from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This action reduced the governor’s votes to 853,939 while his APC rival, Nasir Ganuwa, retained 890,705 votes. Yusuf disagreed with the tribunal’s decision, calling it “unfair” and “a miscarriage of justice.” He appealed the ruling at the court, with his legal representative, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, requesting the tribunal’s judgment to be overturned. Olanipekun argued against the tribunal’s decision regarding the unsigned ballot papers, stating it was unprecedented for an election to be annulled solely due to the lack of signatures on the back of ballot papers. He highlighted this as the first instance where a political party filed a case without involving its candidate in the petition, and yet, the candidate was declared the winner. However, Akin Olujimi SAN, representing the APC, countered Olanipekun’s argument. He affirmed that the Appeal Court explicitly stated that the absence of signatures on ballots constituted electoral malpractice.
According to Premium Times, “the Executive Governor of Kebbi State, Nasiru Idris, relieved his Special Adviser on Youths, Babangida Sarki, of his appointment.” The S.A. was fired as a result of an inappropriate posting on his WhatsApp status. The Governor, who was outraged by the offensive occurrence, claimed that the aide violated the moral and social ethos of the Kebbi community, which is predominantly Islamic. The governor warned that his government would not tolerate any actions that harmed the morality and integrity of the people of the state. The Governor further warned other public officials not to make such vile posts on their social media accounts or other public forums.” Over the weekend, Mr. Sarki allegedly posted gay content on his WhatsApp status. When the governor learned of the incident while still in Saudi Arabia for Hajj, he fired Mr Sarki. Sarki’s phone was not hacked, according to the governor’s media aide, who added that the former aide was investigated and “confessed that he uploaded the pictures himself.” 
Nnamdi Kanu in court with his legal counsels Recall that Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of the State Services (DSS) since June 27, 2021 after he was arrested in Kenya and repatriated by the Nigerian government. The Nigerian Court of Appeal on October 13, 2022, in its judgment discharged and acquitted Kanu of all the charges levelled against him by the Nigerian government and ordered his immediate and unconditional release from detention. However, he remained in detention as the government objected to the Appeal Court ruling. Kanunta while accusing the lawyers of allegedly stopping medical doctors billed to attend to the secessionist at the DSS custody said, “After Nnadmi Kanu’s case on 11th May 2023, Prof Mike Ozekhome SAN has refused to see his client in DSS headquarters Abuja even after several messages from MNK to see him. “Secondly, for stopping the medical doctors who were to examine MNK on 5th June even when he and Bar. Ifeanyi Ejiofor were duly informed on 2nd June and MNK told them to inform his family to arrange that. “For those obvious reasons and many more, Prof Mike Ozekhome SAN and Bar. Ifeanyi Ejiofor are hereby sacked as Nnamdi Kanu’s Counsels. “The Kanu family do appreciate your time and efforts so far, please hand over the legal documents ASAP”. 
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