The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) ballot for Saturday’s Kano by-election does not include any of the three main opposition political groups
The coalition of African Democratic Congress (ADC), the New Nigerian Peoples
Party (NNPP), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are the opposition groups that are not participating.
INEC has stated that it is prepared to hold free and legitimate by-elections in the state’s Municipal and Ungogo seats. Following the former lawmakers’ deaths last year,
According to a recent briefing by Amb. Abdul Zango, the INEC resident electoral commissioner in Kano. Nine political parties, with the exception of the PDP, NNPP, and ADC, brazenly named candidates to run in the off-season election, according to the statement
Accord A, Action Democratic Party ADP, Action Peoples Party APP, African Action Congress AAC, All Progressives Congress APC, Allied Peoples Movement APM, Peoples Redemption Party PRP, Young Progressives Party YPP, and Zenith Labour Party ZLP are the parties that INEC reports are running in the election.
INEC had stated that it is prepared to hold free and legitimate by-elections in the state’s Municipal and Ungogo seats following the former lawmakers’ deaths
The final table release of candidates showed otherwise, despite the fact that Amb. Abdul Zango, the INEC resident electoral commissioner in Kano, told reporters during a recent briefing that all political parties are participating in the election.
The parties have accused INEC of purposefully denying them the freedom to exercise their constitutional rights, while the commission has remained mute about the reasons behind the major opposition’s lack of participation in the election.
According to NNPP, six distinct candidates were filed for the two seats.
The NNPP senator Mushud El-Jibril Doguwa faction lead by Boniface responded to the news by accusing INEC of disqualifying their nominee for self-serving reasons.
Doguwa bemoaned that INEC had not acknowledged the NNPP despite the fact that the party having submitted candidates for the constituencies.
Alh. Yusuf Kibiya, the chairman of the state PDP, also charged INEC with violating electoral action. According to Kibiya, while the party was ready to take part, INEC only gave four days to conduct primaries and submit names of candidates.
