The court had attributed the mistake on the certified true copies to a typographic error.
The Kano State government has reacted to an explanation by Appeal Court after it issued a contradictory Certified True Copy, CTC following its judgement sacking the Governor, Abba Yusuf.
The Kano government said it will not accept the explanation that a clerical error was responsible for the contradictory CTC.
Haruna Dederi, the Kano State Commissioner for Justice, described the Appeal Court’s explanation as “outrageously scandalous.”
The court had initially declared the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Nasiru Gawuna as the winner of the election while sacking Governor Abba Yusuf.
But, a CTC of the judgment surfaced on Wednesday, indicating that the court had affirmed Yusuf’s victory contrary to the verdict.
The court had attributed the mistake on the certified true copies to a typographic error.
However, appearing on Channels TV Sunrise Daily, Dederi said: “What is a typographical error? Does it affect one word? Does it affect two words?
“Does it affect three words? How can a typographical error affect whole paragraphs? This is something that cannot be accepted by any discernible mind as I have said.
“This is something that is outrageously scandalous and it cannot be accepted. We are not satisfied.”
Confirming that Yusuf will contest the judgment at the Supreme Court, the Commissioner expressed confidence that “it would be resolved there.”
Dederi maintained that the CTC that has been circulating is “the only version we have as the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
“There is no corrected version, a typo error in the CTC is not tenable. It cannot be accepted,” he added.