NNPP React As Appeal Court Fail To Release CTC Of Kano Election Judgement Four Days After Ruling

The non-release of the certified true copy (CTC) of the Court of Appeal’s Kano gubernatorial verdict has been criticised by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).

The Court of Appeals in Abuja confirmed the ruling of the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Friday, dismissing Governor Abba Yusuf.

According to Anaedoonline.ng, the panel that removed Yusuf from office declared Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be the state’s duly elected governor.

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Referring to the tribunal and appeals court decisions as a “miscarriage of justice,” Yusuf said he had given his lawyers instructions to file an appeal with the Supreme Court.

Abba Ali, the national chairwoman of the NNPP, voiced worry at the court’s refusal to give the legal team the judgment’s CTC so they may appeal to the Supreme Court.

“This concern being expressed by the leadership of NNPP stems from the report from our legal team that all efforts to collect the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement which will aid the process of filing their appeal have not yielded any fruits, four days after the judgement was delivered in Abuja,” the statement reads. It is a known fact that the issues of days and time are very germane in the preparation of processes for an appeal in such a situation,” the statement read.

“For the purpose of emphasis, it is an established fact that an Appellant only has a window of Fourteen (14) days to get his/her processes completed, and frittering away 4 days out of these 14 days is like setting a booby trap for the Appellant,” it added.

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Ali claims that the setback appears to be an intentional attempt to obstruct the governor and the party in their pursuit of “justice.”

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