Gov Yusuf In High Spirit, APC Petition Won’t Survive At Appeal – NNPP Legal Adviser

• Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf is reportedly in good spirits, with the National Legal Adviser of the New Nigeria Peoples Party expressing confidence that the Appeal Court will dismiss the APC’s petition
• The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) plans to appeal the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal’s decision to invalidate Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s election

The National Legal Adviser of the New Nigeria Peoples, Robert Hon, has stated that Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf is in good spirits, noting that the Appeal Court will dismiss the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Kano State Election Petition Tribunal declared the election of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) invalid on Wednesday.

The All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Nasiru Yusuf-Gawuna was also declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election by the tribunal.

However, in an interview with Channels TV’s Politics Today, Hon stated that the party would appeal the tribunal’s decision.

He said;

You can see that even after the judgment, Kano is very peaceful. Nobody is agitating over anything. We will test it to the last level. We are not in any way perturbed. We have the opportunity at appellate court to test it critically to see whether the tribunal did justice.

Abba Kabir is in high spirits. When you get your mandate genuinely from the people, you have no problem. The people are solidly behind the governor. That is the most important thing. he would still get his mandate.

However, Hon said that the APC petition would not survive at Appeal Court.

APC petition won’t survive at Appeal Court. We are not perturbed given the evidence. We have our legal team. They will work on that, he said.

CBN postpones MPC meeting indefinitely

The Central Bank of Nigeria has postponed the Monetary Policy Committee’s 293rd meeting, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, September 25 and 26, 2023.

This was according to a press statement by the bank’s Director of Corporate Communications, Dr Isa AbdulMumin, on Thursday.

The statement read, “The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has deferred its 293rd meeting scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, September 25 and 26, 2023, respectively.

“A new date will be communicated in due course. We regret any inconvenience this change may cause our stakeholders and the general public.”