APC wins all seats in Kano council polls

The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidates in Saturday’s local government elections in Kano State have cleared the 44 councils seats of the state in the polls.

Announcing the election results while briefing newsmen in Kano on Sunday, the Chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Prof. Garba Sheka, said the APC also won all the 484 councillorship positions with a wide gap in an election where 25 political parties participated.

He added that the election which was conducted in a peaceful manner, had recorded success due to the large turnout of the electorate and the deployment of security personnel.

“The security agencies include Police, Customs, Immigration, NDLEA, Vigilante groups, NSCDC and other secret security personnel.

“I am proud that the election which was participated by 25 political parties was conducted peacefully without any violence, disruption by any person and no report of arrest,’’ he said.

The KANSIEC chairman attributed the late commencement of the election to the late arrival of some of the voting materials which were brought from China.

“The commission had earlier received three consignments of the materials, but the last batch arrived Kano at about 12:45 a.m on the election day despite all efforts to ensure it arrived earlier.

“Immediately after we received the materials, we started the distribution about 4 a.m., and by 11 a.m., we have completed the distribution of all the voting materials.

“Therefore, we acknowledge our mistakes; we apologise for the inconveniences caused and we are going to make necessary corrections to avoid reoccurrence of such delay in the next elections,’’ he said.