By Ayo Kehinde
The embarrassing confusion caused by the double judgment given by The Appeal Court on the decision of the Kano State Governorship Electoral Petition Tribunal, which nullified the election of Governor Abba Yusuf is set for resolution as the Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the joint appeal filed by Governor Abba Yusuf and the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP), against the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja.
In one interpretation of its judgment as it appeared in the Certified True Copy, CTU, the Appeal Court upheld the election of Abba Yusuf and asked the respondent, the Governorship candidate of the All-Progressives Congress, APC, Nasiru Gawuna to pay N1 million as compensation while in another hand said verbally the appeal is dismissed.
When it became public knowledge, the Appeal Court had to call on the counsels of the litigants to return the CTU, and then pronounced the nullification of Yusuf’s victory in the March 18 governorship election in Kano State.
On the reserved judgement, a five-member panel of judges, led by Justice Inyang Okoro, disclosed this on Thursday after all the parties in the appeal adopted their final address.
Justice Okoro said a date for judgment would be communicated to all the parties.
