December 21, (THEWILL) – The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the joint appeal filed by Governor Abba Yusuf and the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP), against the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which nullified his victory in the March 18 gubernatorial election in Kano State.
A five-member panel of judges, led by Justice Inyang Okoro, disclosed this on Thursday after all the parties in the appeal adopted their final address.
Justice Okoro said a date for judgment would be communicated to all the parties.
The Court of Appeal had, on November 17, in a judgment of a three-member panel, upheld the decision of the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which sacked Governor Yusuf and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Gawuna, winner of the March 18 poll.
The appellate Court dismissed the appeal filed by Governor Yusuf, based on his membership status in the NNPP.
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