THE All Progressives Congress – APC, has filed a petition before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal challenging the declaration of Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party – NNPP, as winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship poll.
The Kano State chapter of the APC said in their petition that Yusuf was not qualified to contest the election as his name was not on the list of members of the NNPP submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission – INEC.
The party cited irregularities and alleged violations of electoral laws.
The party also alleged that the NNPP did not win the election with the majority of lawful votes, claiming that some of the votes cast for them were invalid.
In addition, the APC accused the Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner of declaring Yusuf the winner erroneously, as according to them, the margin of lead was not higher than the votes cancelled. For that reason, the APC argued that the election should have been declared inconclusive.
Meanwhile, the APC urged the Tribunal to declare Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna or the APC as the winner of the election, depending on the outcome of the votes cast after the invalid votes are removed from the lawful scores of the NNPP.