In a significant victory, the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has won all 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship seats in the recent local government elections held across Kano State.
The announcement was made by Professor Sani Lawan Malumfashi, chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), during a press briefing at the KANSIEC headquarters on Saturday night.
Professor Malumfashi described the elections as peaceful, free, fair, and credible.
Despite participation from other political parties, including AA, AAC, Accord Party, and ADC, none secured any seats in the elections
“The NNPP performed excellently, winning all chairmanship and councillorship positions, leaving nothing to the other 18 political parties that participated in the election.
“The results at the headquarters were earlier declared at the various collation centres by the respective Returning Officers.
“As Chairman of KANSEIC, I hereby confirm the results previously collated and returned by the Returning Officers,” he stated.
This newspaper reported that this was after the Kano State High Court granted the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) the authority to proceed with the local government elections, nullifying all attempts by political parties to stop the exercise.
Justice Sanusi Ma’aji who presided over the case, ruled that KANSIEC is empowered by the Constitution to conduct, supervise, and oversee local government elections across the 44 local government areas (LGAs) in Kano State. The case was brought by KANSIEC against the All Progressives Congress (APC) and 13 other political parties.
This was after the Kano State Police Command said it would comply with a court order, restricting it from taking part in the election.
This was revealed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, Abdullahi Haruna, on Friday.
“We will comply with the court order restricting us from participation in the coming Kano State Local Government Election. However, we will remain steadfast in fulfilling our constitutional mandate of protection of lives and properties.
“Following the court order restricting the police and the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, the police vows to abide by the court order by not taking part in the forthcoming local government elections.
“You are very much aware of the court order which was received by the Police Command here in Kano. Item nine of the order provides that the Police should not participate in the forthcoming local government election in the state.
(NewspointNigeria)