The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Dr
Abdullahi Ganduje, said they are not afraid of facing the ousted governor of
Kano State, Abba Yusuf, and his New Nigeria Peoples Party at the Supreme Court
following their loss at the Court of
Appeal on Friday.
The immediate past governor of Kano also hailed the
judiciary for living up to expectations.
Ganduje’s praise came hours after an Abuja Division of the
Court of Appeal affirmed the APC candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, as the winner of the
governorship election in Kano.
Delivering judgment on the matter on Friday, the
three-member panel led by Justice M.A Adumeh held that Yusuf was not qualified to contest the
election as he was not in the membership register of his political party.
Addressing newsmen at his Asokoro residence on Friday,
Ganduje said it would be unfair not to also appreciate the NNPP for dragging
them to court in the first place.
He however boasted that they would match them grit for grit
at the apex court after the appeal court threw out their case.
He said, “I thank Allah for this important judgment. We have
to thank the judiciary for providing a good administration of justice despite
all the distractions that have taken place since the beginning of the case.
There is no doubt this is a victory for democracy. It is a victory for APC and
a victory for Kano State. “This is an indication that democracy has come to
stay in Nigeria. Democracy we can say is matured in Nigeria. We have to thank
all those stakeholders even the political parties, even the NNPP that took us
to the Appeal Court.
“There is no doubt that after the election you get to
litigation. And the end is always determined by the judiciary. For Kano State,
this victory is for all of us. We are fully aware of what happened during the
election.
“A lot of
malpractices took place and we took the issue to the tribunal. And by the grace
of God, we got a fair judgment in favour of our great party, the APC. Now the
government in power, the NNPP decided to go to the Court of Appeal, and this morning, the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment of
the lower court.
“By so doing, our gubernatorial candidate Dr. Nasiru Gawuna
is the duly elected Governor of Kano State. But in all, probably they will go
to the Supreme Court which is part of democracy. There is nothing wrong for
them to go to the Supreme Court. We too, are ready to meet them in the Supreme
Court. And Inshallah, we will win in the Supreme Court as well.
“But, we want to assure the people of Kano State that the
good administration that was provided in my eight years of administration was
my deputy Dr. Nasiru Gawuna and now, the Governor-elect for Kano state will
provide a similar not even similar. I believe he will provide a better
administration more achievements will be recorded in Kano State. Because that
is what we expect.”
Speaking in the same vein, Gawuna shared the sentiment of
the APC national chairman when he attributed the victory to God and the judiciary.
The APC candidate of Kano also vowed not to disappoint the
people of Kano State.
“Whoever goes to the court like this and is given judgment
in his favour definitely will feel very happy and grateful to Allah for the
Court of Appeal to affirm his victory.
“I am so happy. I am also still deep in my thoughts because
I have to sit down and think very well. But because of the confidence and
expectations of the people in us, Insha Allahu we are praying that we will not
fail our people,” he stated.
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