New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) has won two House of Assembly seats in the rerun election held in Kano on Saturday, February 3.
Following a directive from the appeal court, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted rerun elections on Saturday in 20 polling units of Kura/Garun Malam and 33 polling units in Rimin Gado/Tofa state constituencies.
However, INEC suspended the rerun polls in Kunchi/Tsanyawa state constituency due to disruptions and irregularities, including the hijacking and snatching of electoral materials.
The INEC declared Bello Muhammad Butu-Butu of the NNPP as the winner of Saturday’s rerun election at Rimin Gado/Tofa constituency.
Also, Alhassan Zakariya Ishaq of NNPP won the House of Assembly by-election in Kura/Garun Malam constituency.
The returning officer of the election, Prof. Ibrahim Tajo Suraj, declared that Alhaji Bello Muhammad Butu-Butu of NNPP polled 31,135 votes to defeat his opponent and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 25,577 votes.
Prof. Shehu Musa Galadanchi, the returning officer of Kura/Garun Malam state Assembly rerun, declared Alhassan Zakariya Ishaq of the NNPP as winner of the election in the constituency.
Ishaq garnered 37,262 votes to defeat Musa Hayatu Daurawar of APC who scored 30,803 votes.
INEC on Saturday suspended the re-run polls in Kunchi/Tsanyawa state constituency of Kano.
This was just as the police arrested dozens of hoodlums who allegedly snatched election materials during the rerun election polls in the area.
INEC national commissioner and chairman Information and Voter Education committee, Sam Olumeku, said suspension of the rerun in the affected areas aligns with the provisions of Section 24(3) of the Electoral Act, 2022.
The electoral commission urged security agencies to investigate the incidents, saying necessary measures for the affected constituencies will be announced after the commission’s meeting on Monday.