Governor Abba Yusuf

Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has assured residents on Monday, that the verdict of the state governorship election petition tribunal would not be influenced.

He gave the assurance while addressing protesters at the Government House in Kano.

Recall that the Chairperson of Kano State National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, Flora Azinge, had raised an alarm that some lawyers were attempting to bribe judges to influence the verdict of the court.

Azinge alleged that money “has been flying around the tribunal” and warned that nobody should approach her with money or collect any financial inducement on her behalf.

The tribunal had adjourned sitting for the adoption of final written addresses to today.

Ahead of the sitting, the Commissioner of Police in the State, Husaini Gumel, said intelligence reports revealed that the APC and the NNPP were mobilising for street protests against the tribunal sitting.

At the resumed session, the All Progressives Congress (APC) urged the tribunal to uphold its petition and return Nasir Gawuna as the winner of the election while the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) asked the tribunal to dismiss the petition.

Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay, the chairperson of the three-man panel, said the judgment would come earlier than the 180 days permitted by law and adjourned the sitting.