“Appeal Court’s Verdict, Major Attempt to Ridicule Democracy”, NNPP Chieftain Alleges

New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Chieftain, Adekunle Razaq Aderibigbe, called the Appeal Court’s decision to remove Governor Abba Yusuf on Friday, November 17, ” Major Attempt to Ridicule Democracy

In an interview with Legit.ng on Saturday, November 18, Aderibigbe expressed his anger at the Appeal Court’s ruling.

The former candidate for the Lagos State House of Assembly declared that the Justice M. U. Adumeh-led panel’s decision is absurd.

Speaking on the political situation in Kano, Aderibigbe said: “The verdict passed by the Appeal Court to invalidate the membership of the elected Governor of Kano State ridicules not just the major principle of democracy as the choice of the majority but also the importance of participation of citizens in the general elections.

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf was never disputed as a member of the party by any member of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) up to the point of being elected, nor was he denied membership by the umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Questioning his party membership at this moment, eight months down the line of the election is not just evidence of a lack of substances to nullify the outcome of the election which INEC was also helpless but also petty when compared with the INEC’s discharge of duty and choice of 1 million Kanawas.

“There is no way the NNPP would not be exercising the right to be heard and getting justice by disputing the verdict at the Supreme Court with the hope that the law will reinstate the rightful position and interests of the majority of Kano citizens as a primary democratic interest of 1 million Kanawas for the choice of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf over the pettiness of the preceding verdict.”