A foremost Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has expressed dismay at what he called “some contradictions” in the Certified True Copy of the judgement of the Court of Appeal in the Kano State Governorship election petition appeal.
SOLACEBASE reports that the judgement, which was delivered by the Court of Appeal last Friday, dismissed Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s appeal and upheld the judgement of the lower Tribunal.
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But by Tuesday, when the copy of the written judgement surfaced, it was seen that the Appeal Court actually upheld Governor Yusuf’s appeal and set aside the judgement of the lower Tribunal, a contradiction that has set tongues wagging in Kano and beyond.
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In an interview with Arise News on Tuesday Falana said, “To my utter dismay, the majority judgement of the Court of Appeal in Kano upheld the appeal, set aside the judgement of the lower courting writing and awarded cost in favour of the governor that was removed by the lower Tribunal. So, I was asking myself, what’s going on.
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“The main judgement of the Court of Appeal has confirmed that the judgement of the lower court was wrong, and has it aside in writing, upheld the appeal, granted all the relief sort by Governor Abba.
“Some contradictions which the court can no longer explain but which is likely to be taken up…”
Falana’s position was consistent with that of other concerned legal practitioners who expressed worries that the judiciary may have been lowering its standard in recent years.
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