KUMAI BAYANG AKA'AHS, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment):This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division delivered on 29 July, 2019 in CA/K/EPT/GOV/7/2019 allowing the interlocutory appeal against the ruling of the Kano State Governorship Election Tribunal. Mr. Abba Kabir Yusuf and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) (now 1st and 2nd respondents) had sought leave of the Tribunal to add to the list of witnesses the names of eight (8) witnesses, whose witness statements accompanied the petition but the names were omitted in the list of witnesses but the Tribunal dismissed the application. This prompted an appeal to the Court below which set aside the dismissal by the Tribunal and allowed the appeal by granting the motion in the following terms:-
1. Leave is granted the appellants to add to the list of witnesses that accompanied the petition filed on the 11th day of April, 2019 at pages 126 to 140 of the volume 1, the names of eight (8) persons whose wi…