The Kano State Election Petition Tribunal has declared Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Kura/Madobi/Garum-Malam Federal Constituency seat.
The tribunal’s three-member panel, led by Justice Flora Azinge, sacked Detti Yusuf Umar of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) after upholding the petition filed by the APC candidate.
According to the tribunal, it established that Umar failed to resign from his position at Bayero University, Kano before accepting the party’s nomination.
It therefore voided the declaration of Umar as the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Umar, representing NNPP and declared Kwankwaso as the winner of the Kura/Madobi/Garum-Malam federal constituency in Kano State.
