The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Kano has declared Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the Kano governorship election.
The tribunal sacked the acclaimed winner, Mr Yusuf Abba Kabir who has since been sworn in as the state governor.
The tribunal gave the final verdict after cancelling some votes recorded by the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, candidate.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadabey said the margin of votes scored by the NNPP was not enough to give Governor Yusuf victory.
It held that some of the votes allocated to Yusuf were not valid.
The governorship election in the state was a battle between the red-cap Kwankwaso group and the current APC national Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje.
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