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  • Tinubu absolved of link with Kano Appeal Court judgement

    Tinubu absolved of link with Kano Appeal Court judgement

    The Yoruba Sabon-Gari All Progressives Congress (APC) chapter in Kano State, has absolved President Bola Tinubu of any blame in the Appeal Court’ judgment sacking Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State.

    The leader of the group Mr Seyi Olurunsola, stated this when he spoke with newsmen in Kano on Friday.

    Olurunsola said that the judiciary had the capacity to deliver accurate judgement in all cases emanating from the 2023 General Election and beyond.

    A group, Concerned Yoruba Community in Kano (CYCK) had indicated that the presidency was interfering in the Appeal Court case.

    But Olurunsola said that the President had no business interfering with the case as he believed in the separation of powers among the three arms of government.

    He also said that the Yoruba people were well known for living peacefully in their host community as shown during the last election where they massively voted for the APC across board.

    “Election and it’s processes must be about winning and losing and it is clear that the NNPP has lost the election going by the two judgements at tribunal and Appeal Court, it is important for them to accept defeat,” he said.

  • Kano govt fires over 3,000 civil servants

    Kano govt fires over 3,000 civil servants

    The Kano State government has sacked 3, 234 staff due to their ineligibility to be employed in the Civil Service.

    The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abudullahi Baffa Bichi disclosed this to journalists on Friday.

    Bichi said their sack followed the government’s decision to implement a report of the committee on screening and verification of employment conducted by the immediate past administration.

    The SSG also disclosed that the Governor approved the reinstatement of a total of 9,332 staff across 51 MDAs that were found eligible by the committee.

    He noted that they were reinstated after due observations and having regard to the recommendation of the Technical Committee,

    Bichi said, “The verification committee report was received by the Government and its salient observations and recommendations were noted and accepted.

    The majority of the employment was not captured in the 2023 Approved Budget and a significant percentage of those employed had neither applied nor indicated interest to serve which form a major aspect of employment requirement.

    “Most of those employed did not undergo processes of screening and recruitment interviews as expected by the service regulations; employed were found to have suspicious or forged certificates, while many non-indigenes were employed despite a large number of qualified unemployed indigenes roaming.

    “The employment did not take into consideration the actual manpower needs of the respective MDAs but was influenced by the desire to tie down the new Administration financially; our streets and those employed were wrongly placed through deployment to non-career posts or the calling of their respective qualifications.”

    He explained that the committee, in view of the number of those employed, broke into three panels to handle the screening of the 12,566 as against the 10,800 earlier reported.

  • Appeal Court judgement: Police arrest 7 protesters in Kano

    Appeal Court judgement: Police arrest 7 protesters in Kano

    The Police Command in Kano State, on Wednesday arrested seven people protesting the Appeal Court judgment which removed Abba-Kabir Yusuf as governor of the state.

    A large group of people took to the streets of Kano on Wednesday calling for a review of the court judgment.

    The police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr  Hussaini Gumel, told NAN in a telephone interview that the seven protesters were arrested around Kano line while heading to State House road.

    “We have succeeded in preventing the protesters and we have arrested seven of them.

    “We have deployed armed policemen to the area; we have since commenced intensive investigation and we will update you in due course,” Gumel said.

    He urged residents to go about their lawful businesses as the police along with other security agencies had taken security measures to prevent a reoccurrence.

    “I am appealing to the residents not to hesitate to report to the nearest security outfits any person or group of people engaged in any form of protest in and outside the metropolis for prompt action.”

  • Appeal Court restates order sacking Abba Yusuf as Kano State governor

    Appeal Court restates order sacking Abba Yusuf as Kano State governor

    The Court of Appeal on Wednesday, restated its order that sacked Abba Yusuf as governor of Kano State.

    The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Mr Umar Bangari, made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja.

    The appellate court dismissed as a clerical error, a portion in the certified true copy of its judgment, which Yusuf and his party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, claimed validated their victory in the gubernatorial contest that was held on March 18.

    “What happened in the judgment copy was a clerical error that did not in anyway invalidate or change the findings and conclusion of the Court.

    “The clerical error will be rectified once parties in the matter file formal application to that effect,” he said.

    He drew the attention of newsmen to Order 23 Rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Hand Book which empowers the court to correct any clerical error once detected by the court or any of the parties in the matter.

    He however insisted that contrary to insinuations, the judgment of the court remains valid.

    “The Court is empowered to correct such clerical error and would be done as appropriate,” he said .

  • Kano residents storm streets to show support for Governor Abba Yusuf

    Kano residents storm streets to show support for Governor Abba Yusuf

    Hundreds of residents stormed the streets of Kano on Monday evening to show  support for Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, who was sacked by the Court of Appeal Court, expressing their sympathy and praying for him to succeed at the Supreme Court.

    The Kano residents trooped out enmasse from their shops and homes to shouting and hailing embattled governor, who went around the city to commission projects in the city.

    The crowd that trooped out chanted “Kano sai Abba, four-plus-four” (Kano is for Abba, two terms).

    Yusuf, who was on his first public outing in the state after he was sacked by the Appeal Court in Abuja, was hailed by supporters all along his way from the Government House to the Specialist Hospital on Monday evening. The crowds took over the streets, chanting songs and eulogies, and saying prayers for him.

    Recall that the Court of Appeal in Abuja on November 17, reaffirmed the judgement of the Election Petition Tribunal that sacked Governor Yusuf and declared Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna as the rightly elected governor of the state.

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) had cross-appealed the Election Petition Tribunal decision on whether or not Yusuf was a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) when he contested as governor.

    Gov Yusuf first commissioned the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, one of the several projects he had embarked upon since his election.

     

  • Kano: APC chairman, Ganduje boasts, says we’ll win again at Supreme Court

    Kano: APC chairman, Ganduje boasts, says we’ll win again at Supreme Court

    National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has boasted that his party will win again at the Supreme Court while reacting to the victory recorded at the Appeal Court last Friday.

    Hehailed the Appeal Court judgement that sacked the state Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared the governorship candidate of the APC in the March 18 election, Dr Nasir Yusuf Gawuna as winner of the poll.

    Ganduje said the APC would win again if the NNPP and Governor Yusuf headed to Supreme Court.

    Reacting to the judgement during a press conference on Friday in Abuja, Ganduje said Gawuna’s administration would provide better opportunities for the masses and record more achievements than his eight years as governor of the state.

    Ganduje expressed optimism that even if Abba Kabir Yusuf files an appeal at the Supreme Court, the APC would defeat him to clinch the Kano apex seat.

    “We have to thank the judiciary. There is no doubt this is a victory for democracy. It is a victory for APC and a victory for Kano State. This is an indication that democracy has come to stay in Nigeria. Democracy we can say is matured in Nigeria. We have to thank all those stakeholders, the political parties, even the NNPP that took us to the Appeal Court.

    “For Kano State, this victory is for all of us. We are fully aware, we know what happens during the election; a lot of malpractices and we took the issue to the tribunal and by the grace of God, we got a fair judgement in favour of our great party, APC.

    “Now, the government in power, the NNPP decided to go the Court of Appeal and this morning (yesterday), by the power of God, the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgement of the lower court. And by so doing, our gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Nasiru Gawuna is the duly elected governor of Kano State.

    “But in all, probably, they will go to the Supreme Court which is part of democracy. There is nothing wrong for them to go to the Supreme Court. We too, we are ready to meet them in Supreme Court. And Insha Allah, we will win at the Supreme Court as well.

    “But we want to assure the people of Kano State that the good administration that was provided in my eight years with my deputy, Dr. Nasiru Gawuna and now, the governor-elect for Kano State will provide a similar, not even similar, I believed he will provide a better administration, more achievements will be recorded in Kano State because that is what we expect.”

    Also speaking, Gawuna expressed happiness over the judgement and assured the people of the state of good governance under his watch.

  • Kano NNPP Chairman reacts over Appeal Court judgement

    Kano NNPP Chairman reacts over Appeal Court judgement

    The Kano Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, has described the judgement of the Appeal  Court that sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf as a threat to the survival to democracy.

    Dungurawa disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Kano on Friday.

    “This judgement pose a great threat to our nation’s democracy because the electorates elected Governor Yusuf through the electoral process,  in a free, fair contest only for the Appeal Court to do otherwise.

    “The judgement is very unexpected. We never expected it will happen this way. The way things are going and with the way the judicial system is, definitely democracy is coming to an end in this country.

    “I see no reason why a person will go to the grassroots and introduce himself to the people, they will go to polling booth to cast their votes, and the Independent election umpire will issue him a certificate of return.

    “He will enter office and just one, two or three people will sit down and remove him. This is very unbecoming and is not helping matters”.

    Dungurawa described democracy as a game of numbers which his party had proven to be ahead of other contenders in the state but their expectations had been dashed by the Appeal Court’s verdict.

    “Democracy is said to be a game of numbers and the person in question happens to get the highest numbers in the election.

    “In all the Assembly members we are having 26 out of 40, we are having two out of three senators. And even the Presidential candidate is from the state and has the highest votes in a state in the presidential contest.

    “We are not happy with this judgement and consider it not acceptable. We will take all the necessary steps to reclaim our stolen mandate.

    “Because this is a stolen mandate and we will not allow it. People of Kano state are not happy with it, NNPP people are not happy with it,” he declared.

  • Kano: What APC said about Appeal Court judgement

    Kano: What APC said about Appeal Court judgement

    The National Vice Chairman, North West, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Garba Muhammad, has hailed the decision of the Court of Appeal affirming the sack of Gov. Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Friday in Abuja.

    Muhammad, in a statement shortly after the verdict of the appeal court, said it was a reflection of the will of the people and acceptability of the APC in the North West.

    “I hail the decision of the appellate court, which has manifested Allah’s divine providence for Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna to be confirmed as the duly elected governor of Kano state.

    “By upholding the verdict of the tribunal setting aside the issues brought by the appellant, the ruling marks the culmination of a long and arduous legal battle.

    He emphasised that the judgement was a triumph for the wish of the good people of Kano State which validated their mandate to Dr Nasiru  Gawuna and his deputy, Alhaji Murtala Sule Garo.

    He further said it was a relief from the vindictive and malicious destruction of the Ganduje legacies by the ousted NNPP government.

    “Finally, I applaud the judiciary for their unwaivering commitment to always remain on the side of justice,” the statement said.”

    Kano: Appeal Court judgement, victory for all – Kano APC Chairman

    Meanwhile, Chairman of the APC, Kano State, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, says the victory recorded by the party at the Appeal Court is a victory for all the people of the State.

    Abbas said this while speaking with newsmen  in Kano on Friday in reaction to the judgment delivered in Abuja.

    He described the victory as a clear indication that the APC won the  governorship election at the initial stage.

    “I am happy to inform all those that fall victims of demolition by the NNPP administration at Eid ground, Salanta and other places that this is their victory and their saviour has arrived.

    “We assure the people of Kano that their responsible government has returned, so they have nothing to fear,” he said.

    Abbas however appealed to the APC supporters to continue to conduct themselves peacefully with the aim of having a peaceful society.

    He  noted that they have the assurance of winning the case even at the Supreme Court with the evidences on ground.

  • BREAKING: Appeal Court affirms verdict of Kano tribunal, sacks Gov Yusuf

    BREAKING: Appeal Court affirms verdict of Kano tribunal, sacks Gov Yusuf

    The Court of Appeal has affirmed the verdict of the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had declared Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the March 18 election.

    Yusuf, who contested the election on the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) was declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) but was sacked by the tribunal.

    In a judgment delivered on Friday, a three-member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Oluyemi Osadebay held that the NNPP breached constitutional provisions by sponsoring Yusuf who was not a member of the party.

    The decision of the court was grounded in the invalidation of 165,663 votes attributed to a deficiency in signatures or stamps by INEC. The adjustment brought Yusuf’s total votes to 853,939, whereas his APC counterpart, maintains 890,705 votes.

    Despite Yusuf’s dissent with the tribunal’s decision, the Appeal Court upheld the finding of electoral malpractice arising from the absence of signatures on the ballots.

    As a result of the Appeal Court’s judgement, Gawuna is the Governor of Kano State.

  • Kano Govt calms nerves as Appeal Court delivers judgement today

    Kano Govt calms nerves as Appeal Court delivers judgement today

    The Kano State Government has called for calm and advised people in the state to remain peacefull and avoid acts capable of causing breach of the peace as the Appeal Court delivers judgement today.

    This is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Baba Dantiye, in Kano on Thursday.

    The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) had appealed against the judgement of the Kano Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.

    Dantiye said the advice became necessary as some unscrupulous persons  may take advantage of the situation and cause a breach of the peace

    He stressed the need for the people to maintain the peace for the development of the State and the country at large.

    He also called on the security agencies to redouble their efforts in ensuring that law and order were maintained as well as ensure the full protection of of the  lives and properties of  the citizens in the state.

    Appeal Court judgement: APC, NNPP leaders sign peace accord in Kano

    Meanwhile, ahead of the Appeal Court’s judgement, executives of the two main rival political parties,  NNPP and APC, on Thursday signed a peace accord before the State Joint Security Committee.

    Signing of the peace accord was conducted at the State Police Command.

    The members of the two political parties agreed, among others, to shun all forms of celebration or protests during and after the judgment.

    The State Secretary of APC, Ibrahim Zakari- Sarina and the NNPP Deputy Chairman, South, Ibrahim Dahu, made the vow before the Police Commissioner,  Usaini Gumel.

    The duo said that they would make sure that the state remained peaceful before, during and after the deliverance of justice at the Appeal Court.

    They said, ”It is true that we have no state better than Kano as such, our sentiments, passion and political parties support based should not be a yardstick to create violence because of the Appeal Court Judgement.”

    Zakari Sarina on his part said, “I will personally mobilize all my party members to remain calm  whatever happens at the Appeal Court and this is because we are known for keeping peace in Kano.”

    Dahu also said that his members have been forewarned long ago by the state government to desist from violence, adding, ”anybody found fomenting violence will be dealt with without delay.”

    Gumel, alongside the State DSS Director and other security chiefs  said that they have taken all the necessary measures to ensure that Kano remained peaceful.

    “We have worked extra mile to ensure that we maintain the peace Kano enjoyed and we are doing all we could to arrest any unforeseen circumstances that might truncate peace” the joint security chiefs vowed.