Supreme Court: Summary of Kano judgement

As The Supreme Court has Declared Abba Kabir Yusuf As Duly Elected Governor of Kano State.

“There is no proof that the said ballot papers were not the one used at the election. Thus the decision of the Court of Appeal affirming the decision of the tribunal ought to be set aside,” Justice Okoro says.

“What is the effect of a ballot paper not having the marks by the Electoral commission?”
“A ballot paper that does not bear INEC mark is not invalid by all purposess,”
Justice Okoro the requires that it must be proven that a ballot paper was not the ones deployed for the conduct of the election.

“Finally, the lower court wrongly misconstrued its evaluation of the ballot papers. This amounts to perversion.
Accordingly, all the ballot papers are restored to Governor Yusuf,” Justice Okoro says