The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the by-elections for Ungogo and Kano Municipal seats in the Kano State House of Assembly.
In Kano Municipal, APC candidate Aliyu Nabil Daneji scored 7,484 votes to win the seat. The Returning Officer, Professor Ibrahim Tajo Siraj, announced the result and declared him the winner.
In Ungogo constituency, APC candidate Aminu Sa’ad secured 8,975 votes to clinch victory. The Returning Officer, Professor Ali Tijjani Abdullahi, also declared him duly elected.
Major opposition parties, including the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the African Democratic Congress (ADC), were not on the ballot.
There was low voter turnout in many polling units.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano State, Ambassador Abdu Zango, blamed the poor turnout on the timing of the election and the limited number of parties involved.
“First of all, I think the timing, maybe Ramadan. Second, I think the general feeling is that this is a very small election involving only two candidates and very few parties. Nine contestants, I think,” he said.
Zango described the election as generally peaceful but admitted that participation was low in several areas.
The two seats became vacant after the sudden deaths of the lawmakers who previously represented the constituencies. The winners of the by-elections are the sons of the late lawmakers.
