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Outrage as KANSIEC Allegedly Violates Court Order in Kano LG Polls

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Counsel to Ali Musa Danmalki, the NNPP flagbearer in the last Kano LG polls in Kumbotso Local Government, Barrister Jazuli Mustapha has expressed outrage over alleged KANSIEC’s flagrant violation of court order.

Speaking to Journalists on Friday. regarding the development, Barrister Mustapha said despite
the Kano State High Court’s ruling that no one should be sworn in pending appeal challenging the court judgment, stressing that KANSIEC went ahead and swore in the Ghali the purported NNPP candidate just hours later.¹

He also said the court by its ruling on 14th of November ordered local government employees in Kumbotso LGA to continue to manage the LGA’s affairs until the appeal is resolved.

The Counsel noted that the situation raises serious concerns about the rule of law and integrity of the electoral process in Kano State.

He also said it is duty upon every person to protect the sanctity of the court.

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Barrister Jazuli Mustapha hinted that his client, Ali Musa Danmalki through his counsel approached the Kano High Court No 4 presided over by Justice Usman Malam Na.abba, sought for declarative reliefs, after a wrongful substitution of his name, after nominated, screened, cleared and purchased the nomination form to contest for the position of Chairman in Kumbotso LGA during the exercise in Kano.

He also maintained Mr. Danmalki further prayed the court to affirmed that that he is the rightful candidate of NNPP and to declare that substituting his name with Abdullahi Ghali after being screened and purchased the nomination form is flagrant violation of electoral processes, seeking the court to declare him as rightful candidate during the Kumbotso LGA poll.

The Counsel maintained that the Presiding Judge Justice Na.abba after the hearing submissions of lawyers from both parties on 24th October, 2024 he delivered ruling the following day 25th October, 2024 and consequently answered all the prayers requested by the plaintiff and affirmed him as a rightful candidate to contest for the position of Chairman in Kumbotso LGA during the poll.

Dissatisfying with the ruling, Abdullahi Ghali and NNPP appealed against the judgment, claiming erred and miscarriage of justice in the lower court judgment.

According to Barrister Jazuli Mustapha Mr. Ghali filed a motion prayed the court to set aside its ruling, while NNPP filed a motion seeking the court to grant stay of execution.

In his ruling delivered on 14 Nov. consequently, Justice Naabba refused prayers to set aside earlier judgment defendants and affirmed plaintiff as the rightful candidate to contest in the Kumbotso Local Government under the platform of NNPP.

The lawyer further expressed his worry with the action of KANSIEC hours after court ruling.

He highlighted that he will consult his client for further action.

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Breaking:Former Chief Justice Of Nigeria Ibrahim Tanko Is Dead

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Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (retd.), is dead.

A close source confirmed to SaharaReporters on Tuesday morning that the former head of Nigerian judiciary passed away at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

“Ex-CJN Tanko Muhammad is dead. He passed away this morning at a Saudi Arabian Hospital,” the source said.

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Nigeria Tracker reports that Late President Muhammadu Buhari appointed late Justice Ibrahim Tanko into the exalted seat after the sacking of his predecessor Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen over the issue of code of conduct in January 2019.

In Late 2022 Justice Ibrahim Tanko suddenly exited the seat due to what many said intense pressure from cabals in Late President Muhammad Buhari’s presidency and was succeeded by retired Justice olukayode .

Late Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad hails from Bauchi state .

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The Aso Rock Gossip That Made Late President Buhari Lock His Wife Out

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By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

In a new biography, former First Lady Aisha Buhari has revealed that late President Muhammadu Buhari began locking his bedroom door, preventing her from gaining access, after hearing rumors within Aso Rock that she intended to kill him.

This personal account is featured in the 600-page book, ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’, where Aisha Buhari details her experience managing her husband’s health challenges during his presidency.

She stated that the former president, trusting the gossip circulating within the presidential villa, altered some of his personal habits as a result.

The biography, which was authored by Charles Omole, director-general of the Institute for Police and Security Policy Research, was launched at the presidential villa in Abuja.

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Many high-profile persons and political chieftains, including President Bola Tinubu, attended the launch.

In the book, Aisha said Buhari’s 2017 health crisis was not a mysterious ailment or the effect of poisoning, but began after a broken feeding routine and mismanaged nutritional habits.

The former first lady said she had long managed her husband’s meals and supplements at specific hours, adding that the regimen helped Buhari to maintain stability.

“According to Aisha Buhari, her husband’s 2017 health crisis did not originate as a mysterious ailment or a covert plot. It started, she says, with the loss of a routine; ‘my nutrition,’ she describes it, a pattern of meals and supplements she had long overseen in Kaduna before they moved into Aso Villa,” the book reads.

When they moved to the villa, she said she convened a meeting with close staff including Suhayb Rafindadi, the physician; Bashir Abubakar, the chief security officer; the housekeeper, and the DSS DG to explain the plan.

After some time, the plan was discontinued.

“When the Presidency’s machinery took over our private lives, I explained the plan: daily, at specific hours, cups and bowls with tailored vitamin powders and oil, a touch of protein here, a change to cereals there. Elderly bodies require gentle, consistent support,” Aisha was quoted as saying in the book.

“Then came the gossip and the fearmongering. They said I wanted to kill him.

“My husband believed them for a week or so,” she said, adding that the president began locking his room, changed small habits, and crucially, “meals were delayed or missed; the supplements were stopped”.

“For a year, he did not have lunch. They mismanaged his meals,” she added.

Aisha denied stories of plots to poison her husband, adding that Buhari’s health began deteriorating because of “loss of a routine, ‘my nutrition,’ was the genesis of the crisis”.

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Former Kano LG Chairmen Endorse Tinubu, Reaffirm Loyalty to Ganduje as Kano APC Leader

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‎Former local government chairmen in Kano State who served between 2014 and 2024 under the administration of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term and reaffirmed their loyalty to the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ganduje, as the party’s leader in Kano State.

‎The former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, Baffa Takai, made this position known during a closed-door meeting with Kano APC stakeholders in Abuja.

‎‎The former local government chairmen also expressed their solidarity with APC stakeholders under the leadership of Hon. Abubakar Kabir Bichi, commending their efforts toward promoting unity and progress within the party.

‎They called on other party members to join hands with them in fostering peace, unity, and progress within the APC.

‎The group further reaffirmed its commitment to the party’s ideals and principles and pledged to continue working collectively to strengthen the party and ensure its victory in future elections.

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