NNPP Challenges APC's Victory in Tsanyawa/Ghari State Assembly Re-run Election

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State has announced its intention to challenge in court the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate as the winner of the recent Tsanyawa/Ghari State Assembly re-run election. The party's leadership, led by Kano State Chairman Hashimu Suleiman Dungurawa, has alleged widespread manipulation of the electoral process, including the denial of voters' rights to participate in the election. According to Dungurawa, the party rejects the election results and is seeking a fresh election in the 10 polling units that were nullified by the Appeal Court.

Key Takeaways:

  • The NNPP is challenging the declaration of the APC candidate as the winner of the Tsanyawa/Ghari State Assembly re-run election, citing widespread manipulation of the electoral process.
  • The party's leadership has accused INEC officials of conniving with unpatriotic politicians to cancel polling units and revert to old election results.
  • Hashimu Suleiman Dungurawa, Kano State Chairman of the NNPP, emphasized that all presiding officers at the Tsanyawa/Ghari polling units have already signed their election results, which can only be cancelled by them, not INEC Headquarters.
  • The party has commended the role of constituents and other stakeholders, including security agencies, for providing a peaceful environment for the re-run election.
  • NNPP is committed to fighting against election manipulation, favouritism, and injustice in Kano State.

Statistics:

  • 10 polling units were nullified by the Appeal Court and ordered for a fresh election.
  • The election was declared at the INEC Headquarters in Kano, rather than at the collation centre within the constituency.
  • NNPP candidate won in the Shanono/Bagwai by-election, where results were declared at collation centres.

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