The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) is taking steps to challenge the nullification of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s victory by the Kano Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal. In a petition to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the United States, and the United Kingdom, the NNPP, represented by Acting Chairman Abba Kawu Ali, is seeking international intervention in light of clerical errors that reportedly altered the Court of Appeal’s ruling. Ali led a demonstration of Yusuf’s supporters to various embassies in Abuja to emphasize the need for the judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court, to uphold its duties and rectify the alleged discrepancy between the election outcome and subsequent legal decisions.

Ali expressed concern over potential manipulation of the democratic process and detailed the NNPP’s triumph in the 2023 elections under the party’s banner, securing the Kano State Governorship, two Senatorial seats, 19 Federal House of Representatives seats, and 30 State Assembly seats. He urged Vice President Kashim Shettima and several Northern governing bodies to intervene immediately to prevent escalating tensions in Kano State.

Responding to the petition, ECOWAS Head of Administration William Towah assured that the organization would examine the matter closely. The NNPP’s move signifies a pushback against perceived electoral irregularities and legal rulings that nullified their electoral gains, seeking international attention and potential intervention to address the situation in Kano State.