A former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu has tackled the Court of Appeal over its contradictory Certified True Copy (CTC) on the judgment it gave in the Kano State governorship election dispute.
An earlier CTC from the Appeal Court had affirmed the election of Kano Stae Governor, Abba Yusuf.
However, it later released another CTC claiming the first CTC is clerical error.
Reacting, Odinkalu slammed the Appeal Court saying the first CTC it issues is not a clerical error.
Odinkalu stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.
We had earlier reported that the Court of Appeal, on Friday, reaffirmed the sacking of the state Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), by the governorship elections petitions tribunal in Kano.
However, the concluding paragraphs on Page 67 of the CTC of the Appeal Court ruling set aside the tribunal court judgement, which had earlier sacked the governor.
The appellate court had subsequently admitted that it was a clerical error and recalled the CTC, but Odinkalu said he did not believe the narrative.
He said, “The confusion is not a clerical error. That was the old law that I was taught. No judiciary that is credible will produce this kind of judgment and certify it. This is not coming from a customary court, it is not coming from an area court, it is not even coming from a high court.
“This is the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, the second highest court in the country. Any lawyer worth their onions should be scandalised by it irrespective of whatever side you take.”