The Appeal Court’s explanation of a purported typographical error in the Certified True Copy (CTC) of its ruling on the state’s gubernatorial election has been sharply rejected by the Kano State government.
The Appeal Court’s justification was sharply criticised by State Commissioner for Justice Haruna Dederi, who called it “outrageously scandalous.”
The court’s early declaration of Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the election winner and the removal of Governor Abba Yusuf are at the centre of the issue.
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But a CTC of the ruling emerged, upholding Yusuf’s triumph and disputing the initial decision.
Dederi contested this explanation on Channels TV Sunrise Daily, arguing that the court had mistakenly identified the disparity as a misspelling.
He questioned the credibility of such an explanation, asking, “What is a typographical error? Does it affect one word? Does it affect two words? Does it affect three words? How can a typographical error affect whole paragraphs? This is something that cannot be accepted by any discernible mind.”
Governor Abba Yusuf will challenge the ruling in the Supreme Court, Dederi affirmed, adding that he is confident the issue “would be resolved there.”
He underlined that “the only version we have as the Court of Appeal’s judgement is the CTC that is currently in circulation.” The CTC has a typo that cannot be justified, hence there is no updated version. It is not acceptable.
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The Kano State government is refusing to accept the Appeal Court’s reasoning as the dispute grows, which is paving the way for a legal struggle at the nation’s top court.
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