…Vows to appeal judgment
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has described the Kano State gubernatorial election petition tribunal ruling as most unfair, vows to appeal judgment
The party also said that the ruling is laughable, stressing that it is nothing but a pure miscarriage of justice.
According to the party in a press statement on Wednesday, it received the judgment of the 3-man tribunal “with utter incredulity and disbelief.”
The Acting National Chairman, Abba Kawu Ali, stated “The reported judgment nullified the free, credible and globally acclaimed fair election of our Governorship Candidate, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf and brazenly awarded the election to the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nasiru Gawuna.
“The Tribunal arrived at this unjust judgment by unfairly subtracting 165,663 votes from the Governor’s tally in order to enable it to unfairly award the election result to the candidate of the ruling APC.
In doing so, the Tribunal obviously affirms its belief that the vote tally of the APC
candidate was sacrosanct.”
Ali further noted that the decision of the election tribunal was “a slap on the face of constitutionalism and rule of law, and is capable of further discouraging the electorate from having confidence in the judiciary.”
“This is as it regretted that the panel overturned the will of the people and awarded election results to those who it said evidently lost the election,” the statement added.
The statement however called on supporters of the opposition party in the state, and in the rest of the country to remain calm and maintain the peace, adding that “This lopsided judgment cannot stand on the altar of natural justice.”
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