Full List: Yusuf, Mutfwang, 19 Other Governors Who Won at Supreme Court

• Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano and Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau are major governors who were favoured in the recent rulings of the Supreme Court on 2023 governorship elections
• All the 21 governors who were elected in the 2023 elections were challenged from the tribunal to the Supreme Court
• The Supreme Court, however, upheld the victory of the governors in the election, including those earlier sacked by the tribunal and the Court of Appeal

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Kano Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and his counterpart in Plateau, Governor Caleb Mutfwang, top the list of governors who secured victory at the Supreme Court.

This is due to the fact that the Court of Appeal earlier sacked Governors Yusuf and Mutfwang for political reasons before the apex court reinstated their mandate.

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However, all the 21 governors who were elected in the March 18 governorship election have been challenged by the tribunal to the Supreme Court, The Nation reported.

Supreme Court reversed the sacking of Governor Yusuf

Recall that the Kano state governorship election tribunal first sacked Governor Yusuf after the trial court removed alleged invalid votes from his votes and subsequently declared Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the election's winner.

At the Court of Appeal, Governor Yusuf was sacked on the grounds that he was not a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) when he contested under the party, but the Supreme Court said the two grounds were not valid to necessitate the sack.

Supreme Court reinstated Governor Mutfwang of Plateau

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On his part, Governor Mutfwang of Plateau secured victory at the tribunal, but the Court of Appeal sacked him on the ground that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not have a structure when he was elected.

The Supreme Court, in its judgment, ruled that the matter was an internal affair, and the petitioner did not have the legal standing to challenge it at the court.

Below is the list of the 21 governors, their parties and states:

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Reacting to the judgment, Okanlawon Gaffar, a legal practitioner, in an interview with Legit.ng, said the judgment is a voice of the people. He said:

"The Supreme Court must be commended for defending the sanctity of our democracy."

Supreme Court: Anxiety as five governors know fate on Friday

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Supreme Court is set to decide today, Friday, January 19, on the fates of five governors whom the opposition had sought to remove from office.

The governors facing legal suits seeking their sacks include Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, and Nasir Idris of Kebbi state.

Source: Legit.ng