Court of Appeal Sacks Kwankwaso, Returns Datti To National Assembly

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso of the APC and reinstated Yusuf Umar Datti of the NNPP in the Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency Election.

The Independent Mirror reported that the three- Panel led by Justice Tunde Oyebamiji Awotoye, allowed Appeal by Yusuf Datti, and averred that the tribunal was wrong to have counted the date of the Appellant’s resignation on the date of his party Primary and that Section 77 of the Electoral Act was mis applied no Court has jurisdiction on issue of membership of the party.

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