Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has advocated for a review of the appellate court judgments that led to the sackings of Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State and Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State.
Falana expressed his views during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
In his statement, Falana said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed in its duty to conduct proper elections in the country.
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He maintained the votes of Nigerians should not be nullified by the courts because of the supposed negligence of the electoral umpire that shouldn’t have cleared candidates put forward by parties without primaries conducted.
He also said thousands of votes should not be invalidated by the court because INEC officials failed to stamp ballot sheets.
Falana noted that election matters should be concluded before the inauguration of any administrations.
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Recall the appellate court sacked three governors that INEC declared as winners in the March 2023 poll. All the three governors sacked by the appellate court are in opposition parties.
The court sacked Yusuf of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and declared his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Nasir Gawuna, as the winner of the poll.