Kano Governorship Crisis: Abba Kabir Yusuf hires Tinubu's lawyers to regain mandate in Appeal Court Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has hired Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), a renowned legal luminary, to lead the charge to regain his mandate at the Court of Appeal. This comes after the Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sacked Yusuf and declared Nasir Yusuf Gawuna, his opponent from the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the March 18 gubernatorial election. Yusuf filed a 42-ground appeal challenging the tribunal's decision, asking the court to set...