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NNPP blames Kwankwaso as tribunal sacks Kano gov
NNPP blames Kwankwaso as tribunal sacks Kano gov
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has accused a former presidential candidate of the party, Rabiu Kwankwaso of being responsible for the loss of Kano governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf at the State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.
The party insisted that Kwankwaso allegedly sold out NNPP to the ruling All Progressives Congress in order to negotiate for a ministerial slot in the President Bola Tinubu-led government.
The Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal had on Wednesday, sacked Abba, and declared the APC candidate, Nasir Gawuna, winner of the March 18 governorship poll.
The three-man panel, led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay, further withdrew the Certificate of Return the Independent National Electoral Commission presented to Yusuf.