Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has on Wednesday filed 10 grounds of appeal at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, challenging his last week’s removal by the Nigerian Court of Appeal.
The notice of appeal filed by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Yusuf joined the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the APC and its governorship candidate as respondents.
The document, which lists 10 grounds of appeal against the judgement of the Court of Appeal, seek three reliefs from the Supreme Court, as follows:
“An order allowing the appeal and setting aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered on 17th November 2023.
“An order upholding the portion of the judgment of the court of appeal setting aside the judgment of the trial tribunal in petition No: EPT/RV/GOV/11/2023 and making an order as costs in favour of the appellant.
He also faulted the judgment, describing it as a grave miscarriage of justice.
The appellate court had in its judgment on Friday reaffirmed the sacking of the governor by the state election petitions tribunal, but the Certified True Copy of the judgment indicated that the Court of Appeal resolved all the issues in the appeal in favour of the appellant, the governor.