KANO – The Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) has stated it has retracted its steps on the withdrawal of it’s Attraction within the Kano State gubernatorial election petition judgement.…CONTINUE READING
Studies early Saturday urged that INEC, had withdrawn its preliminary letter signifying withdrawal from the enchantment in opposition to the judgement of the Tribunal.
In a letter signed by the top of the fee’s authorized division in Kano, Suleiman Alkali, on Friday stated it withdrew its enchantment because it had no purpose to enchantment any judgment.
The letter, which was addressed to the secretary of the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, partly learn: “I’ve been instructed by the Fee headquarters that INEC as an umpire haven’t any purpose to enchantment any judgment.
“Consequently, the Nationwide Fee in cost if Authorized Providers and Nationwide Commissioner in control of Kano zone directed that the enchantment be withdrawn and all processes for all Appeals needs to be forwarded to the Kano Workplace.
Nevertheless Suleiman Alkali, has stated that the letter written to the Tribunal has been withdrawn.
A high INEC employees who spoke to DAILY INDEPENDENT on situation of anonymity defined that when Alkali was confronted by among the counsel representing INEC within the matter, and he claimed that he was misled into writing the letter. He additionally tendered his apology for his “errors”.
He nonetheless didn’t reveal who misled him. He stated he withdrew the letter inside 40 minutes of submitting it to the Tribunal however was stunned that it has discovered its means into the media.
Based on him, some authorities wished to used him as scapegoat and he has already been awoken to the truth that it was a really delicate concern about which he might want to tread rigorously henceforth.
It’s recalled that the three-man Tribunal panel, on September 20, sacked Governor Abba Yusuf and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Nasiru Gawuna, winner of the March 18 governorship ballot.…CONTINUE READING
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