Kano Governor Yusuf Shuns Court Order, Insists No Going Back on LG Election
- The Kano government has insisted that Saturday’s local government election in the state will hold as planned
- Governor Abba Yusuf made this assertion while presenting flags of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) to 44 chairmanship candidates in the council election
- Yusuf spoke after a Federal High Court removed the chairman of the state electoral commission and stopped the conduct of the election until the commission was properly reconstituted
Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.
Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano state has said there is no going back on the planned October 26, 2024, local government election in the state.
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This comes after a Federal High Court judgement voided the poll over what it termed “having card-carrying NNPP members as executive officers of the election commission.”
Governor Yusuf made the assertion while presenting NNPP flags to the 44 chairmanship and councilorship candidates at the Sani Abacha Indoor Stadium on Thursday evening, October 24.
As reported by The Punch, the presentation was attended by mammoth followers and supporters of the party.
The governor's spokesman, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, said that the state would not allow anybody to destabilise the peace the citizenry is enjoying.
He added that the state government and Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) had all the constitutional backing to hold the election.
Yusuf said:
“At this moment, the state will not allow anybody to destabilize the existing peace being enjoyed by the citizenry.”
The governor confirmed the development in a post shared on his X page on Thursday, accompanied by pictures of the event.
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APC wins all 23 chairmanship seats in Kaduna
In a similar development, Legit.ng reported that the ruling APC has won all 23 chairmanship and 255 councilorship seats in the just-concluded Kaduna local government elections.
Hajara Mohammed, chairperson of KAD-SIECOM, announced the results of the election, which was conducted on Saturday, October 19.
The Kaduna local government election was described as peaceful and transparent by the state chapter of the Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC).
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