NNPP clears Kano LG Poll
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has won Saturday’s Kano local government councils poll, clearing all the 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship seats contested for.
Prof. Sani Malumfashi, the Chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) declared the result on Saturday night at the Commission’s headquarters in Kano.
Malumfashi said six political parties fielded candidates for the election.
“Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) had exercised and observed its Constitutional mandates of planning, organizing, coordinating, observing and conducting Local Government Election in Kano State of Nigeria.
“The exercise had been largely peaceful and successful in all ramifications.
“The Commission therefore deeply appreciates the roles played by the critical stakeholders, notably Security Agencies, Media organizations, Leaders of Political Parties, Civil Society organizations, Religious Leaders, Community Leaders, Youth and Women organizations, towards the actualization of grass root. Democracy in the State.
“The commission is also profoundly grateful to the good people of Kano State for their collective support, prayers and expression of positive emotions,” he said.
He added: ”The peaceful conduct of the exercise is a doubtless manifestation of public acceptability of the exercise in terms of credibility, fairness and decency.
” Six Political Parties participated: AA, AAC, ACCORD, ADC, APM, and NNPP.
” NNPP won all 44 Local Government Chairmanship and 484 Councillorship Positions contested.”
A Federal High Court had on Friday sacked the 44 chairmanship and councillorship candidates of the NNPP few hours to the poll.
Justice Simon Amobede sacked the NNPP candidates while delivering judgment in a suit filed by a faction of the party led by Dalhatu Shehu Usman.
The same court had earlier on Tuesday gave a ruling stopping the election and sacking the commission’s chairman and members.
