Kano State Supplementary Election Results Rejected By 42 Political Parties

No less than Forty-two (42) political parties in Kano State under the auspices of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) have rejected the results of the re-run governorship election held on March 23 in the state.

The 42 politicial parties who rejected the results of the re-run governorship elections alleged that the process was characterised by gross irregularities.

However, Kano state CUPP chairman identified as Mohammed Abdullahi-Rahi, made the position of the group known while addressing a news conference in Kano state earlier today.

Abdullahi-Rahi alleged that the supplementary election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was full of violence, over voting, intimidation and voter disenfranchisement among others.

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According to the CUPP chairman, thuggery and voter-intimidation were recorded in almost all the polling units where the re-run election was conducted, with reports of deaths, open vote-buying and other electoral malpractices during the re-run of the governorship elections in the state.

His statement read as thus:

”It was clear that the level of violence recorded during the March 9 election that led to cancellation of results of some polling units is by far less than what was recorded during the March 23 election, yet the electoral body turned a blind eye on the happenings by accepting and announcing the results.  

”We are at this juncture, debunking the illegitimate declaration of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as governor-elect in the just concluded March 23 re-run elections in Kano due to gross irregularities and electoral fraud committed before, during and after the elections.”

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