The supreme court has upheld the election of Abdullahi Ganduje as the governor of Kano state, dismissing on Monday the suit filed by Abba Kabir Yusuf, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Yusuf had challenged the election of Ganduje, candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The apex court dismissed the case for lack of merit.
Ganduje’s challenger had asked the Supreme Court to set aside the decisions of the two lower courts which affirmed the governor’s election citing paragraph C section 138 (1) of the electoral act 2010 as amended.
But a five-man panel of justices led by Sylvester Ngwuta in its decision held that the provision of the electoral act cited “is not a blanket or a catch-up provision that can accommodate every infraction of the electoral process”.
The court said the appellant did not show cause why the concurrent judgments of the election petition tribunal and the court of appeal should be set aside.
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