Kano Guber: Lawyers Disagree With Falana On Verdict
A civil society group known as Guardians of Democracy and Rule of Law has disagreed with Human Rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, over his comments on the judgement of the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which nullified the declaration of Abba Yusuf as the winner of the March 18 polls. The lawyers known […]
Human rights activist Femi Falana
A civil society group known as Guardians of Democracy and Rule of Law has disagreed with Human Rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, over his comments on the judgement of the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which nullified the declaration of Abba Yusuf as the winner of the March 18 polls.
The lawyers known for its relentless clamor for electoral reform, said: “Nigerians are not unaware of the many fraudulent tactics employed by desperate politicians in Nigeria to inflate their votes and grab power without the endorsement of the people. It is therefore a hasty conclusion to call votes that might have been fraudulently generated as belonging to any legal voters.”
A. A Ugboha who made the statement on behalf of the group in Abuja, further called the attention of Falana to section 163 of the electoral act 2022 which empowers returning officers not to count ballot papers that do not bear INEC’s official marks.
Recall that Falana faulted the verdict by the Tribunal nullifying the victory of Governor Yusuf.
He said omitting 165,000 votes on the basis of not being stamped was improper.
According to him, the judges shouldn’t have punished the voters for errors committed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).