Kano: Governor Yusuf hires Tinubu’s lawyer to contest tribunal judgment

It was gathered that Yusuf filed a 42-ground of appeal before the appellate court asking the court to set aside the judgment of the tribunal and also striking out the petition of the APC.

Governor Yusuf dissatisfied with the tribunal judgment presented a 40 grounds for the Appeal Court to set aside the judgment.

Ground 18 among the grounds reads: “the tribunal erred in law when it relied on Section 71 and 63 of the Electoral Act, 2022 to nullify the ballot papers by which a total of 165,616 votes were deducted from the votes of Appellant’s candidate thereby reducing the lawful votes of the Appellant’s votes of 1,019,602 and thereby wrongly declaring petitioner’s candidate as the winner of the election, whereby the petitioner’s right to fair hearing is denied”.

In a copy of the notice of appeal, Olanipekun, who led the legal team of President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), is now the counsel for the Kano state governor.

Also on the legal team of the governor is: Bode Olanipekun (SAN), Ibrahim G. Waru and Akintola Makinde, with Wole Olanipekun & Co as the legal firm handling the appeal, while Chief E.O.B. Offiong (APC) remains the counsel for the APC.