A certified Tue Copy (CTC) of the Court of Appeal judgment on Kano State governorship election has affirmed the victory of Kabiru Yusuf as the duly elected governor of Kano state.

The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Haruna Isa-Dederi, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Kano.

Isa-Dederi said in the fresh revelation as contained in the written judgment, the Court of Appeal set aside the judgment of the Kano election petition tribunal for lacking in merit.

This is contrary to the Friday pronouncement upholding the judgement of the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal as the certified true copy of the Court of Appeal judgment has revealed that the appellate court indeed set aside the judgment of the lower tribunal in some sections of the judgment’s CTC.

The Court of Appeal had in its Friday judgement read by the chairman of the panel, Justice Moore Adumein, upheld the judgement of the tribunal, declaring APC candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, as winner of the governorship election in the state.

But when the certified true copy of the judgement was released by the court on Tuesday, it was observed that there are a number of contradictory declarations in the judgement.

“The evidence contained in page 67 of the the copy of the Appeal Court judgment released on Tuesday and signed by Registrar Jameel Ibrahim Umar, the appellate court upheld the victory of Abba Kabiru Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as duly elected Governor of Kano state,” he said.

The three member panel of the Appeal Court on Nov. 17, 2023, had dismissed the appeal filed by Yusuf on the basis of his membership status of NNPP.

The appellate court subsequently affirmed Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the Appeal Court judgment’s CTC All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of March 25, 2023, governorship poll in Kano.

However, Dederi noted that page 67 of the certified copy of the judgment clearly indicated that the tribunal’s ruling that sacked Yusuf was set aside.

He averred that contrary to what the Judges read to the public in the court room on the 17th November, the written evidence has vindicated Yusuf as the legitimate governor of Kano state.

According to the attorney general, this latest discovery will strengthen their position at the Supreme Court.

BRANDPOWER observed that in one instance, the appellate court declared “I will conclude by stating that the live issues in this appeal are hereby resolved in favour of the 1st respondent (APC) and against the appellant (Governor Abba Yusuf)”, but went further to contradict itself in another sentence.

The court said: “In the circumstances, I resolve all the issues in favour of the appellant (NNPP) and against the 1st respondent (APC).”

Appeal Court judgment’s CTC further shot the court on the foot, declaring “Therefore, I find no merit in this appeal which is liable to be and is hereby dismissed.”