{"id":289789,"date":"2023-09-20T16:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T15:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=289789"},"modified":"2023-09-20T16:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T15:25:07","slug":"breaking-tribunal-sacks-kano-governor-declares-apc-candidate-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/09\/20\/breaking-tribunal-sacks-kano-governor-declares-apc-candidate-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Tribunal sacks Kano governor, declares APC candidate winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Reading of the judgment was transmitted virtually via Zoom, a teleconference service as the panel members were not physically in court<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>APC had filed a petition at the tribunal to challenge the results declared by the electoral body<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Gawuna, winner of the March 18 governorship poll.<\/p>\n<p>Reading of the judgment was transmitted virtually via Zoom, a teleconference service as the panel members were not physically in court.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling came weeks after lawyers of both parties made their closing arguments on behalf of their clients on 21 August.<\/p>\n<p>Recall the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared that the NNPP polled 1,019,602 votes to defeat the APC with its candidate, Nasir Gawuna, who scored 890,705 votes. 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