The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano State has sacked the incumbent Governor of the state, Abba Kabir Yusuf.

The Tribunal therefore declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir Yusuf, as the winner of the March 18th, 2023 election.

This is coming after the tribunal delivered its ruling via Zoom on Wednesday citing security concerns.

The Tribunal is sitting at the Miller Road Kano State High Court complex. However, the parties in the case, lawyers, journalists, and other accredited persons listened to the judgment at the court premises.

The APC is challenging the electoral victory of Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the governor of Kano as declared by INEC in the March 18 governorship election in the state.

Nasir Yusuf Gawuna (born on 6 August 1967) is a Nigerian health personnel, businessman and politician. In May 2022, he became the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2023 Kano State gubernatorial election.

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He served as Deputy Governor of Kano State under Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje from 2018 to 2023.