Why Kano Gubernatorial Election Should Have Been Declared Inconclusive - APC Candidate

The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Kano, Nasiru Gawuna, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should have declared Saturday's gubernatorial election inconclusive due to widespread violence.

He said the INEC declared the state House of Assembly elections inconclusive due to violence in the state, but declined to do so for the election of the governor.

Mr. Gawuna lost the election to New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) candidate Abba Kabir.

The NNPP candidate won with 1,019,602 votes against Mr. Gawuna, 890,705 votes.

Mr. Gawuna, in his first appearance after the gubernatorial election, expressed surprise that INEC, which presided over the same elections - gubernatorial and house of assembly, treated the results differently. p>

Meanwhile, the APC leadership in the state has rejected Mr. Kabir's declaration as the winner of the elections.

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APC President Abdullahi Abbas has called for an immediate review of the election result by INEC within seven days.

Mr. Abbas, represented by party legal adviser Abdul Fagge, said the election should be declared inconclusive because the invalidated votes were greater than the margin between the winner and the runner-up respectively, as provided for in the 2020 election law.

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