Counsel to Ali Musa Danmalki, the NNPP flagbearer within the final Kano LG polls in Kumbotso Native Authorities, Barrister Jazuli Mustapha, has expressed outrage over KANSIEC’s alleged flagrant violation of a courtroom order.
Talking to journalists on Friday relating to the event, Barrister Mustapha said that regardless of the Kano State Excessive Courtroom’s ruling that nobody must be sworn in pending the attraction difficult the courtroom judgment, KANSIEC went forward and swore in Ghali, the purported NNPP candidate, simply hours later.
He added that the courtroom, by its ruling on November 14, ordered native authorities workers in Kumbotso LGA to proceed managing the LGA’s affairs till the attraction is resolved.
The counsel famous that the state of affairs raises severe issues in regards to the rule of legislation and the integrity of the electoral course of in Kano State. 5He emphasised, “It’s the obligation of each individual to guard the sanctity of the courtroom.”
Barrister Jazuli Mustapha disclosed that his consumer, Ali Musa Danmalki, by his counsel, approached the Kano Excessive Courtroom No. 4, presided over by Justice Usman Malam Na’abba, searching for declarative reliefs following the wrongful substitution of his title after being nominated, screened, cleared, and buying the nomination type to contest for the place of Chairman in Kumbotso LGA in the course of the train in Kano.
He additional famous that Mr. Danmalki prayed the courtroom to affirm that he’s the rightful candidate of the NNPP and to declare that substituting his title with Abdullahi Ghali, after being screened and buying the nomination type, was a flagrant violation of electoral processes. He sought the courtroom’s declaration that he was the rightful candidate for the Kumbotso LGA ballot.
The counsel defined that the presiding decide, Justice Na’abba, after listening to submissions from attorneys representing each events on October 24, 2024, delivered his ruling the next day, October 25, 2024. He consequently granted all of the prayers requested by the plaintiff and affirmed him because the rightful candidate to contest for the place of Chairman in Kumbotso LGA in the course of the ballot.
Dissatisfied with the ruling, Abdullahi Ghali and the NNPP appealed the judgment, claiming errors and a miscarriage of justice within the decrease courtroom’s choice.
In line with Barrister Mustapha, Mr. Ghali filed a movement praying the courtroom to put aside its ruling, whereas the NNPP filed a movement searching for a keep of execution.
In his ruling delivered on November 14, Justice Na’abba refused the defendants’ prayers to put aside the sooner judgment and affirmed the plaintiff because the rightful candidate to contest within the Kumbotso Native Authorities elections below the NNPP platform.
The lawyer additional expressed his concern over KANSIEC’s actions simply hours after the courtroom’s ruling. 13He concluded by highlighting that he would seek the advice of his consumer for additional motion.
