The Kano State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the declaration of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Abba Kabiru Yusuf, won the governorship poll in the state.
In a petition filed by its Legal Adviser, Abdu Fagge, before the state governorship election tribunal, the APC said that the NNPP’s candidate, Yusuf, was not qualified to contest the election.
The party based its argument on the ground that the name of the governor-elect was not on the list of members of NNPP sent to INEC prior to the election. In the five-volume petition, it alleged that NNPP didn’t win the election with the majority of lawful votes, saying that some of the votes cast for the ruling APC were…
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