₦airaland Forum

Violence has erupted in the ancient city of Kano, following the declaration of winner in the supplementary governorship election held on Saturday in the state.

The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), had on Sunday night announced the incumbent governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as of the governorship election in Kano State, thereby returning him for a second term in office.

However, violence broke out in the state Sunday night, as aggrieved people turned out in large numbers and were desperate to force their way into the state INEC office, but for the timely intervention of the police fired teargas to disperse the crowd of people, who had also positioned themselves in places around some the state INEC office.

The situation became worsened when Professor Bello Balla Shehu, the returning official for the collation of governorship rerun election, declared the governorship candidate the APC, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as the winner of governorship election.

The teargas fired by the Police to prevent irate youths from gaining entrance into state INEC office made even the journalists, election observers and others to run helter sketter for dear lives.
However, feelers said the irate youths have taken most of major roads in Kano State, and subjecting resident to palpable fear and tension, as many residents of Ssbongari, an area very closed to INEC office, were forced indoors to avoid been attacked

As of the time of filing this report, it was not easy for journalists, observers and a large numbers of people to leave the INEC office to their respective destinations, while many people may be forced to pass night at state INEC office, to avoid been attacked.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the incumbent governor of Kano State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, as winner of the just concluded governorship re-run election in the state.

Declaring the winner of the election, the governorship election Collation Officer in Kano, Prof. Bello Shehu, said that the APC candidate garnered 1,033,695, while that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abba Kabir scored 1,024,713 votes.

He said that the APC candidate defeated the PDP candidate with 8,982 votes margin and therefore declared Ganduje the winner having satisfied requirements of the law by scoring the highest number of votes.

According to Shehu, the winner was declared after the collation of result from all the affected 28 local government areas where the supplementary elections was conducted on Saturday March 23.

He said Ganduje polled a total of 45,876 while Kabir of the PDP got 10,239 votes during the last Saturday’s supplementary elections in 28 local government areas of the state.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the governorship election was earlier declared inconclusive following the high number of cancellation of votes as a result of violence and overvoting.
According to the collation officer, the total number of votes cancelled during the earlier election which led to the declaration of the poll as inconclusive was beyond the margin between the PDP candidate who was leading with 26,000 votes and that of the APC candidate.

Kabir had 1,014,474 against Ganduje who garnnered 987,819 votes in the March 9 election.
NAN further recalled that the votes cancelled during the March 9 governorship election was 128,572 votes.

Meanwhile, the state’s PDP Chairman, Alhaji Suleiman Rabiu – Bichi, had rejected the entire re-run election, especially that of Gama in Nassarawa Local Government Area.

The PDP Chairman further described the election processes as shameful and called for the immediate cancellation of the exercise.

According to him, the party will not accept the result, therefore refused to sign it.

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The aggrieved party should please go to court. Two wrong can never make a right.
It is in the best interest of all of us that peace should be maintained in kano irrespective of the what transpired in the rerun.

Those who manipulate election because they are in power today should also know that nobody knows tomorrow. It might be your turn tomorrow.

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They should be careful oh

If you cannot succumb to defeat,go to court.So simple like ABC.

what ever will happen in KANO should happen now..enough is enough....lthisnisna daylight robbery...the APC clearly rig this one and am sure they will never go free....come to think of it, will there be an APC after buhari

Abeg these guys should just accept Ganduje

PDP will go to court. Tribunal will decare them winner but court of appeal will state that APC candidate is the rightful winner.


Gainers: lawyers eating money from both parties and APC.

Losers: PDP. Money has already been lost for the election. Another might waste heading to tribunal.

Advice to PDP: They should accept the defeat.

valentineuwakwe:
what ever will happen in KANO should happen now..enough is enough....lthisnisna daylight robbery...the APC clearly rig this one and am sure they will never go free....come to think of it, will there be an APC after buhari

Isn't Buhari Kano's choice again?
Isn't Ganduje Buhari's choice?
Please accept it the way it is.

wristbangle:
PDP will go to court. Tribunal will decare them winner but court of appeal will state that APC candidate is the rightful winner.


Gainers: lawyers eating money from both parties and APC.

Losers: PDP. Money has already been lost for the election. Another might waste heading to tribunal.

Advice to PDP: They should accept the defeat.

You are very wise.

hmmm

They should kill themselves.

Its obvious that kano election was rigged based on pictures of violence & videos that was posted on nairaland & other social media.

After committing open crime they will say go to court.
Those that kidnapped inec staff on Feb has they been arrested?, or is it not a crime under the law.

wristbangle:
PDP will go to court. Tribunal will decare them winner but court of appeal will state that APC candidate is the rightful winner.


Gainers: lawyers eating money from both parties and APC.

Losers: PDP. Money has already been lost for the election. Another might waste heading to tribunal.

Advice to PDP: They should accept the defeat.

You are shameless.

#despicables

Preshy561:
They should kill themselves.

U wey be woman self? If u know d pressure and tension we are facing here, u won't say that. I live close to inec's office.. D teargas enter my eyes o. Inside my compound o.

Babzrockman:
U wey be woman self? If u know d pressure and tension we are facing here, u won't say that. I live close to inec's office.. D teargas enter my eyes o. Inside my compound o.

You voted for next level naw, enjoy.

nameo:
You are shameless.

#despicables

They are happy celebrating and defending corruption but are the pdp corrupt crusaders.
The thing is that, revenge deh sweet pass.

The generation of Buhari both born and unborn will be dealt with the way Buhari is dealing with this country

Ganduje will never accept defeat so long as buhari is on the throne. He helped rig him for a second term so therefore courtesy demands he rigs himself in too. Kano indigenes should've read the handwriting on the wall.

Am problem is not they are fighting my fear is for the non indigene that are there . This people will be vex their anger more on the non indigene as if both APC and PDP candidate are not from Kano . GOD PROTECT OUR PEOPLE .

This is the kind of rigging Introduced by saint Micheal (Buhari) . He is indeed a deceptive satanic fellow. He will not enjoy that stolen mandate.

Kano will be continue to boil as long as Gandollar is in power.

Kano people should shut up their whining mouths and go home! So they had thugs too but let apc "out thug" them abi?

They love buhari so they should also go with buhari's gandollar choice for them! He who rides the tiger should also prepare to get Eaten.

When we told them buhari was a shameless despot who shouldn't be used in the same sentence with integrity, they said we should not insult their god. Now that their god has snatched their mandate and given it to his criminal god son while maintaining an eiry silence, I hope they still love him

Moral of the story: Don't support evil or injustice because it's not your turn today. Speak against it so when it comes to your turn, there would still be people alive to speak for you. Now Kwankwanso knows how defeat tastes especially when it was orchestrated by people whom you believed would make the process fair. Yesterday it was Atiku and you didn't say a thing. Today it's your turn and you want us to speak for you abi? Go to hell!

Those protesting in Kano foisted Buhari on us. They should enjoy their Ganduje. They forced Buhari on us and Buhari forced Ganduje on them. What goes round comes around.

celeiyke:
Those protesting in Kano foisted Buhari on us. They should enjoy their Ganduje. They forced Buhari on us and Buhari forced Ganduje on them. What goes round comes around.

Always in pains over PMB, is this how you intend to live the next 4 years

wristbangle:
PDP will go to court. Tribunal will decare them winner but court of appeal will state that APC candidate is the rightful winner.


Gainers: lawyers eating money from both parties and APC.

Losers: PDP. Money has already been lost for the election. Another might waste heading to tribunal.

Advice to PDP: They should accept the defeat.

Quite some perspective but, skewed. The losers iare kano,Nigeria and our Democracy.

Hahahahahaha hahahahahaha hahahahahaha. I'm still laughing!

Next level.

Gucciboss:
The aggrieved party should please go to court. Two wrong can never make a right.
It is in the best interest of all of us that peace should be maintained in kano irrespective of the what transpired in the rerun.

Those who manipulate election because they are in power today should also know that nobody knows tomorrow. It might be your turn tomorrow.

If not for my Igbo brothers who refuse to sit their arses down close to home, wetin for concern me with a northern state that should not even be in the same geographical, religious and cultural congruity with me. I don't lose sleep over what happens there. .

Preshy561:
You voted for next level naw, enjoy.

... And it was goats that voted Atiku with 339k votes?

9jabull:
Its obvious that kano election was rigged based on pictures of violence & videos that was posted on nairaland & other social media.

After committing open crime they will say go to court.
Those that kidnapped inec staff on Feb has they been arrested?, or is it not a crime under the law.

Violence happens every day. The court will only look at it whether it was substantive enough. Witnesses are usually the police who have already said it was largely peaceful. Nothing will come out positive for PDP in court except waste of money

Stalwert:
Always in pains over PMB, is this how you intend to live the next 4 years

I am flourishing. Keep enjoying ur N power money. Fullish child