Breaking: Winners Finally Emerge in Kano Bye-Elections
- APC wins bye-elections in Kano Municipal and Ungogo constituencies with clear majorities
- Recent electoral law changes play a crucial role in the election process and results
- Independent observers discuss the significance of proper result aggregation in transparent elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Kano Municipal and Ungogo State House of Assembly bye-elections, which were held on Saturday, February 21.
Aliyu Nabil Daneji, the APC candidate in the Kano Municipal Constituency election, garnered 7,484 votes and was declared the winner. He will be representing the constituency in the Kano State House of Assembly.
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INEC announces winners in Kano election
According to Daily Trust, Professor Ibrahim Tajo Siraj, the INEC returning officer, announced the result and declared the APC candidate as duly elected.
In the same vein, Aminu Sa’ad Sa’ad of the APC was declared the winner of the Ungogo Constituency after scoring 8,975 votes to claim the seat.
INEC returning officer for the constituency election, Professor Ali Tijjani Abdullahi, declared the APC candidate as the winner and returned him elected.
Recall that major opposition parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC), are not listed on the ballot.
Analyst speaks on new electoral law
The elections were one of the first to be held under the recently signed Electoral Act 2026, and they are widely considered a testing ground for the 2027 general election.
Reacting to the election, Oladotun Hassan, a legal practitioner and political commentator, in an interview with Legit.ng, commended the signing of the bill into law by President Bola Tinubu. He said:
"He's a Democrat par excellence. He's a person of his own word and he has minutes to every latter of his actions. That is what represents his ascent on the reviewed electoral law that consent to the concurrent transmission of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and IREV, as well as the manual signing of Form E8, manual voting election material.
"So, because we cannot take it off, the most important document in election is that form E8. If it's been signed by all the agents and assented to, that becomes a valid document and record. And that is the record that will be transmitted to IREV for onward calculation at the collation center. You cannot take off the collation center away from our election.
"People should understand that INEC cannot calculate the election results in isolation on the portal alone. Without proper aggregation or whatsoever, what is calculated in each polling unit will not be added together at the collation centre before it is formally announced by the returning officer, and whoever wins that election will be properly announced."
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Fire outbreak at Kano market
Legit.ng earlier reported that there was a fire outbreak in another Kano market, the Fatima Simra Multi-Purpose Market in the Dakata area of the state, and no less than 50 shops have been reportedly destroyed.
This was confirmed by Dauda Haruna Chula, the chairman of the market's fire committee, stating that the incident happened at about 5:40 am on Friday, February 20.
Source: Legit.ng
