A Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has upheld the appeal filed by
Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, which challenged a Federal High Court order that
sacked him as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship
candidate in Kano state.
Justice Tanko Hussaini, while delivering the judgement on Thursday,
stated that the Federal High Court judge erred in law by assuming
jurisdiction without the plaintiff, Ibrahim Little, joining the
necessary party, Abba Yusuf.
Little, had approached the court, challenging the process that led to
the emergence of Yusuf as gubernatorial candidate of the opposition
party in Kano, saying Mr Yusuf emerged as a candidate through an
unlawful process.
On March 4, a Federal High Court sitting in Kano nullified the governorship candidacy of Abba Yusuf on the platform of the PDP.
The presiding judge of the High Court, Lewis Allagoa, ruled that the
PDP did not conduct governorship primary election in the state.
However, Justice Hussaini of the Appeal Court revealed that Little
lacked locus standi to institute action challenging the process that he
did not participate in.
