{"id":108445,"date":"2023-10-07T22:31:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T21:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=108445"},"modified":"2023-10-07T22:31:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T21:31:09","slug":"tribunal-requested-us-to-withdraw-from-kano-guber-appeal-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tribunal-requested-us-to-withdraw-from-kano-guber-appeal-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal Requested Us To Withdraw From Kano Guber Appeal \u2013 INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has opened up on the issues surrounding the letter in circulation signifying the commission’s stand not to participate in the appeal against the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal judgement sacking Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).<\/div>\n
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\nThe Head of legal Department in Kano, Barrister Suleiman Alkali, who signed the letter in circulation, in a chat with newsmen said that it was the tribunal secretariat that requested the electoral umpire to write the said letter.<\/p>\n

Speaking behind the issuance of the letter in the first place and later withdrawn, he said the tribunal requested the letter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe letter was mischievously requested by the Tribunal Secretary and I wrote to them for a purpose and they deliberately escalated it. The letter had been withdrawn. It no longer has legal backing,\u201d he said via a text message.<\/p>\n

While the tribunal secretary did not respond to inquiries, an official at the tribunal registry, who asked not to be identified, told our reporter during a visit to the registry on Saturday that the letter was never submitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did not receive anything here and if they claim that, they should produce the acknowledged copy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he (the HOD legal) approached us with the issue via phone we said no and asked him to put it formally in writing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, we are not the ones to entertain that but our head office in Abuja. We also work under directives of our superiors,\u201d one of the officials, who asked not to be mentioned confirmed.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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