Kano Guber: Ex Gov'ship Candidate Predicts Outcome as Supreme Court Decides Yusuf, Gawuna’s Fate
- A cleric and politician, Sheikh Ibrahim Khaleel, has tipped Nasir Yusuf Gawuna, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to win at the Supreme Court
- Legit.ng reports that the Supreme Court will deliver judgement in the Kano 2023 governorship election appeal on Friday, January 12, 2024
- Incumbent governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, risks being removed and losing the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP's) sole governorship seat in Nigeria
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Kano, Kano state - Sheikh Ibrahim Khaleel, the governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kano state in the 2023 general elections, has ruled out the chances of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) winning at the Supreme Court on Friday, January 12.
Speaking in Hausa on Alkibla TV, Khaleel said although it is almost impossible for Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf (NNPP candidate) to win at the Supreme Court, “it is good to appeal because they will have sufficient time to prepare properly for the handover”.
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Anxiety as Kano awaits Supreme Court's verdict
Yusuf lost his case at the tribunal, and the Appeal Court. Both judgements sacked him and declared APC's Gawuna the winner of the Kano election.
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Legit.ng reports that Sheikh Khaleel is an Islamic scholar who has been a prominent name in Kano politics for a long time.
Before running for the governorship seat in March 2023, he expressed interest in running for governor of the state in the 2011 elections.
Predicting the outcome of the impending Supreme Court's judgement, Sheikh Khaleel said:
"It is almost impossible for Abba Yusuf to win at the Supreme Court, but it is good to appeal, for them to have enough time and prepare well for handover."
Listen to the cleric’s full interview below:
NNPP sends message to Tinubu
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the NNPP asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call leaders of the APC in Kano state to order.
The party noted that APC leaders distributing souvenirs 'in anticipation of victory' at the apex court, is unhealthy for the state.
Disputed Kano election: Supreme Court's judgement date
Legit.ng also reported that the Supreme Court fixed Friday, January 12, for judgement in the Kano state governorship election appeals.
The secretary of the legal team for the NNPP, Barrister Bashir Tudun Wuzirci, confirmed this.
Kano: ‘Ganduje using Tinubu’, Kperogi alleges
Meanwhile, US-based Nigerian scholar, Professor Farooq Kperogi, has said in fighting to wrest power from Rabiu Kwankwaso, Abdullahi Ganduje is using President Tinubu and the African country’s courts as "cudgels".
Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano state, was the presidential candidate of the NNPP during the February 2023 election. Ganduje, on the other hand, is the current national chairman of the APC and the immediate past governor of Kano.
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