Tension in Kano, Plateau over appeal on sacking of Governor Yusuf, all PDP lawmakers

Kano and Plateau states have been thrown into tension ahead of the delivery of the Court of Appeal judgments on the controversies surrounding the outcome of the March 18 governorship election in the two states.

According to Daily Trust, political gladiators in the two states are already gearing up for their expectations ahead of the judgments.

In Kano, the governorship election petition tribunal has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and ordered Nasir Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the authentic winner of the poll.

The verdict has made Governor Yusuf approach the Court of Appeal for redress, and the appellate court was expected to deliver its verdict later this week.

On the other hand, the victory of Governor Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was upheld by the Plateau state governorship election tribunal and he was expecting the Court of Appeal to affirm the judgment of the tribunal.

However, the of all PDP lawmakers on by the tribunal has heightened the tension in the state over what was expected concerning the fate of the governor at the appellate court later this week, with the debate on the possibility of the governor surviving the erosion.

History has it that the two state are known for recurring religious, political and ethnic crisis, which have led to thousand of lives and property.

It was earlier reported that the PDP governors who visited Nyesom Wike have been accused of nursing their self-interest because of court cases they are facing in their states.

Damola Olarewaju, a media aide to Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, said that the governors that visited Wike have different court cases.

Olarewaju said their visit to the minister was to have access to President Bola Tinubu so that the APC could drop court cases against them in their states.