The Appeal Court has delivered judgment on the validity of the Kano LG Elections.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has overturned the ruling of the Federal High Court in Kano regarding the local government elections conducted in October 2024.
This online news platform recalls that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), had filed a suit with the Federal High Court, seeking to stop the elections based on allegations that the Chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, Prof. Sani Malumfashi, alongside some commissioners, were card-carrying members of the ruling NNPP.
The presiding judge, Justice Amobeda, ruled in their favor and ordered a halt to the polls, but the elections were conducted regardless.
However, Justice Oyewumi of the Appeal Court, while delivering the judgment on Friday, May 30, 2025, stated that the Federal High Court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the case, let alone provide a ruling on it.
Consequently, the Court of Appeal upheld the appeal filed by the Kano State Government and affirmed the validity of the October polls.
At the time of filing this report, the APC has yet to respond to the judgment and calls placed to the spokesperson of the party, Ahmad Aruwa by this reporter went unanswered.
