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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has called on the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Bolna’an Dongban-Mensem, to shed light on the situation behind the “embarrassing situation” from the court recent judgment on the outcome of the Kano State governorship election. Addressing the controversy
Professor Farooq Kperogi has said that the confusion in the CTC of the Appeal Court's verdict on the Kano governorship election dispute is not a clerical error.
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Olumide Akpata has called on the president of the Appeal Court, Monica Dongban-Mensem, to provide “cogent clarifications” on the “clerical error” in the Kano State governorship election judgement. There had been controversy during the week after the Court of Appeal in Abuja affirmed the verdict of the Kano State governorship election petition tribunal which sacked Abba Yusuf, candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), as the governor.
With the greatest respect, the Chief Registrar's approach to this matter is most untenable, as it flies in the face of reason and also does not conform with our extant laws on the subject.
The presence of heavy security across Kano state on Saturday, November 25, led to the cancellation of the APC and the NNPP's supporters planned protest and rally.