Live Updates: Anxiety as Kano governorship election tribunal delivers judgment

The Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano, the state capital, will today, Wednesday, September 20, deliver judgment on the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to challenge the victory of Governor Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) in the 18 March election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared that the NNPP polled 1,019,602 votes to defeat the APC with its candidate, Nasir Gawuna, who scored 890,705 votes. The NNPP candidate thus won with a margin of 128,897 votes.