Kano: Tribunal sacks NNPP Rep over certificate forgery

<p>The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Kano State has sacked Idris Dankawu of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, for forging his West African School Certificate (WAEC).</p>, <p>Idris had won the Kumbotso Federal House of Representatives Constituency election conducted on February 25.</p>, <p>But Munir Babba Danagudi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who contested against Dankawu, filed a petition, alleging that Dankawu presented a fraudulent secondary school certificate to gain admission into Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Kaduna.</p>, <p>Delivering judgement on the petition, Justice I.P. Chima declared that “Idris Dankawu of the NNPP has forged his WAEC certificate,” and as a consequence, the election is voided.</p>, <p>The tribunal instructed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to set aside the certificate of return previously awarded to Dankawu, saying Danagudi is the winner of the election.</p>, <p>“Having satisfied with the provision of the law, we hereby declare and return Munir Babba Danagudi as the winner of the Kumbotso Federal House of Representatives election,” the judge ruled.</p>