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September 18, 2019
The Kano StateGovernorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday reserved judgment in apetition filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its gubernatorialcandidate, Abba Kabir-Yusuf.
The PDP and Kabir-Yusufare challenging the declaration of Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje as the winner ofMarch 23 election.
Chairman of thetribunal, Justice Halima Shamaki, after listening to the parties in the mattersaid that the judgment date would be communicated to them.
Shamaki thanked theparties for their cooperation and support to the tribunal for doing justice toall matters before it.
Earlier, Counsel tothe INEC, Ahmad Raji, SAN, while adopting his final written addresses, prayedthe tribunal to dismiss the petition for lacking in merit.
Counsel to Ganduje,Offiong Offiong SAN, adopting his final written addresses, also prayed the  tribunal to dismiss the petition.
Alex Eziyon, SAN, APCCounsel described PDP’s petition as incompetent, having claimed by thepetitioners that the lawful cancellation of 207 results was unjustifiable.