JUST IN: Supreme Court Fixes Date To Deliver Judgment On Kano Governorship Election Appeal

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned  Kano governorship election appeal till January 20 for judgment.

The PDP and its candidate, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, had appealed the judgment of the Court of Appeal, upholding the election of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as duly elected in the 2019 governorship election.

The court adjourned for judgment after hearing of the appeal and cross-appeals from the lawyers of all the parties in the suit.

Solacebase recalled that the CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad had to adjourn sitting on Monday due to ill health of one of the justices in all the six governorship appeals before it.

The seven-man reconstituted panel headed by the CJN has decided to hear the appeal of Sokoto and Imo states because they are expiring on January 17, as all other matters will come later.

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