The Kano State Governorship Petition Election Tribunal presided over by Justice Halima Shamaki has upheld the election of Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje and dismissed the petition of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Abba Kabir-Yusuf.
In the March 9 2019 general governorship elections, Yusuf of the PDP had polled 1,014,474 votes to beat Ganduje who got 987,819 votes, leaving a difference of 26,655, but the election was declared inconclusive and a rerun was scheduled.
In the rerun, Ganduje polled 45,876 votes to beat Yusuf, who scored 10,239 votes.
