Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday, ordered the Commissioner of Police, Kano Command to produce the duplicate copy of the results of the state governorship election in his possession.
Tribunal Chairman, Halima Shamaki said the
Commissioner Police, Alhaji Ahmad Iliyasu, must tender the said
documents on August 5, 2019.
Specifically, the petitioners are
requesting for all the copies of election result sheets that were given
to the police personnel that served at the various polling units in
the state during the March 2019 governorship election.
Counsel to the petitioners, Barrister
Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) , had in his prayers, informed the tribunal
that officers of the Nigeria Police in the state were dispatched to
provide security at designated polling units.
The Officer in Charge of the Legal
Department of the police in the state, Barrister Sunday Ekwe, while
responding, affirmed that the police had been duly served with a
subpoena, directing the commissioner to produce the duplicate copies of
the result sheets that were generated from the 2019 governorship
election.
He added that they had just been served
with the order while praying to be granted enough time to cross check if
the documents as requested were in their possession.
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