Yusuf vs Gawuna: NNPP, APC sign peace pact as Appeal Court delivers final judgment on Kano poll

The ruling New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) have signed a peace pact with the Kano State Police Command.

This move according to Daily Trust, is to maintain peace before, during and after the appeal court verdict on the March 18, governorship election.

Legit.ng reported that the appellant court in Abuja had set Friday to deliver judgement in the state governorship dispute.

The state commissioner of police, Mohammed Usaini Gumel, on Thursday, November 16, said the force had concluded all security arrangements to ensure peace.

Meanwhile, the two political parties, the NNPP and the APC, were represented at the meeting held at the Police Command Headquarters in Bompa, by the vice chairman of the NNPP, Wada Ibrahim and the secretary of the APC, Ibrahim Sarina.

Nigerians react ahead of Kano governorship election ruling

The Court of Appeal scheduled Friday, November 17, for the judgement in the appeal Governor Abba Yusuf filed to contest his removal by the tribunal.

On Thursday, November 16, the court announced that judgement would be delivered on Friday, November 17.

A top Kano state government official disclosed that the appellate court had officially communicated the development to all parties in the matter.