Why Supreme Court Affirmed Abba Yusuf as Kano Governor, Sowore Speaks

• Omoyele Sowore has reacted to the Supreme Court of Nigeria’s ruling on the Kano state governorship election
• Legit.ng reports that the Supreme Court's verdict affirmed the election of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf
• Sowore, a human rights activist, said that the apex court affirmed the election of Yusuf of the NNPP as Kano state governor because the court dreaded the consequences of sacking him

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 6-year-experience covering politics and elections in Nigeria

Kano, Kano state - Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 elections, has said the Supreme Court affirmed Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf as the elected governor of Kano state “because they dread the consequences”.

Sowore made this claim via a tweet on Friday afternoon, January 12.

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Sowore speaks on Kano Supreme Court judgement

The presidential hopeful stated that the powers that be did not genuinely want to confirm the NNPP candidate’s electoral victory.

Sowore wrote on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle:

“They've affirmed Kano for NNPP not because wanted to but because they dread the consequences!”

Supreme Court affirms Yusuf as Kano gov

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Supreme Court affirmed Yusuf as the duly elected governor of Kano state.

Justice John Okoro who read the lead judgement held that the Appeal Court was wrong in its ruling to have deducted 165,616 votes from the votes secured by the Kano governor.

The apex noted that the lower court erred by asserting that Governor Yusuf was not a member of the NNPP.

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Kano: ‘Ganduje using Tinubu’, Kperogi alleges

Legit.ng also reported that US-based Nigerian scholar, Professor Farooq Kperogi, said in fighting to wrest power from Rabiu Kwankwaso, Abdullahi Ganduje is using President Bola 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.

Yusuf reacts as Supreme Court affirms his election

Meanwhile, Governor Yusuf has reacted to the Supreme Court's judgement on the disputed Kano governorship election.

Governor Yusuf took to his Facebook page to express his gratitude to God.

Source: Legit.ng