The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission has declared that candidates of New Nigerian People’s Party swept all the Chairmanship as well as Councillorship seats in Saturday’s elections in all the 44 Local Government Areas and 484 Wards.
Prof. Sani Malumfashi, KANSIEC Chairman, disclosed this on Saturday in Kano when he briefed newsmen on the outcome of the election.
Malumfashi said: “Based on the results announced by the Electoral and Returning Officers at different collation centres, at the end of the exercise, 44 candidates of NNPP won the chairmanship, while 484 candidates of the same party won the councillorship positions.
“The 44 Returning Officers and Ward Returning Officers have declared and submitted their respective results in accordance with the law alongside the Electoral Officers.
“This implies that NNPP won all the 44 chairmanship positions and the 484 councillorship positions across the state.”
Malunfashi said the exercise was largely peaceful and successful in all ramifications.
He added: “The commission, therefore, deeply appreciates the roles played by the critical stakeholders, notably: security agencies, media organisations, leaders of political parties, civil society organisations, as well as religious and community leaders.
“The peaceful conduct of the exercise is a doubtless manifestation of public acceptability of the exercise in terms of credibility, fairness and decency.”
The KANSIEC Chairman commended the electorate for ensuring that their underage children did not participate in voting.
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