Tribunal orders Police CP to tender Kano gov election results

Kano state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting at
Miller road Court Complex has ordered the Nigeria Police to tender
the state gubernatorial election results before it.

The chairman of the tribunal Justice Halima Shamaki gave the
order, following a request by the petitioners, Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), which prayed the court to direct the police to avail
the tribunal with all copies of election result sheets that were
given to police personnel, who served at various units during the
poll..

Counsel to the petitioners, Barrister Adegboyega Awomolo(SAN) in
his prayers told the court that, during the March 2019 Governorship
Election, officers and men of the Nigeria police force were
dispatched to provide security at designated polling units.

Awomolo pleaded with the court to order the commissioner of
police, Kano command to avail the court with the election result
sheets that were given to the police by INEC, adding that the
documents sought from the police is in the total sum of 40
copies.

The Officer in Charge of the Legal Department of the command,
Barrister Sunday Ekwe confirmed to the court that the Kano police
command have been duly served with a subpoena containing the order
of the court, directing the Kano police commissioner to produce
from his possession the duplicate copies of the result sheets that
were generated from the 2019 Governorship election.

Ekwe said the police authorities have just been served with the
court order, he pray the court to grant the police enough time to
cross check, if the documents requested were in the possession of
the police.

The chairman of the tribunal, justice Halima Shamaki order Kano
state police commissioner Ahmad Iliyasu, to produce the documents
demanded by the petitioners before the court, on August
5th,2019

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