REVEALED: How Tinubu shunned intense pressure from APC chair, Ganduje, to influence Supreme Court judgement, Kano gov, Yusuf opens up

  • The Supreme Court, on Friday, January 12, restored Governor Abba Yusuf’s victory in the March 18, 2023 governorship election
  • Legit.ng reports that the Supreme Court’s judgement doused the tension that had built in Kano after the sacking of Yusuf, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), by the tribunal and Appeal Court
  • Governor Yusuf hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for not succumbing to alleged pressure to influence the decision of the Supreme Court in the disputed Kano governorship election

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Kano, Kano state – Abba Kabir Yusuf, governor of Kano state, has said President Bola Tinubu shunned the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje’s pressure to influence the Supreme Court’s judgement.