INEC Declares Winner in Kano National Assembly Bye-Election

• INEC has declared the APC candidate, Shuaibu Rabiu, as the winner of the Dawakin Kudu/Warawa Federal Constituency bye-election in Kano
• According to the electoral body, the APC candidate scored 35,356 to emerge victorious in the most anticipated by-election
• The election came amid the political tension between Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the APC and his estranged political godfather, Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NDC

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Shuaibu Rabiu, as the winner of the Dawakin Kudu/Warawa Federal Constituency bye-election in Kano.

According to the commission, the APC candidate polled 35,356 votes to secure the federal constituency seat.

His closest challengers are Lawal Garba Haruna of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), who scored 268 votes and Labour Party's Abubakar Yahya Muhammad, who garnered 98 votes in the election.

Kwankwaso vs Yusuf: Kano's political tension

The election came at a time when there was political tension and a battle for power between Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and his estranged political godfather, Rabiu Kwankwaso.

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Yusuf and Kwankwaso made a statement in the 2023 elections on the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), when the party won the governorship election in Kano and came fourth in the presidential election, but they fell apart ahead of the 2027 general election.

Governor Yusuf defected to the ruling APC, while Kwankwaso joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and then the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). The by-election was expected to be a testing ground for Kwankwaso and the NDC against the governor and the APC ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Unfortunately, the NDC did not take part in the election based on the information released by INEC. The absence of the NDC has got Nigerians talking about the readiness of the new opposition party ahead of the general elections, considering the fact that Kwankwaso is not the party's vice presidential candidate in the 2027 poll.

Nigerians react as INEC declares winner in Kano

Below are some of Nigerians' reactions to the announcement of the results:

Ajinson Junior questioned the absence of Kwankwaso and the NDC in the election:

"Where is Kwankwansiyyaa or wetin be that red cap movement? NDC no even feature."

Àkànní expressed disappointment in the absence of Kwankwaso and the Kwankwasiyya Movement in the election:

"I was thinking Kwakwanso and his red cap people will start by delivering this constituency."

Jìmí Badà expressed the conviction that Kwankwaso is covertly working for the ruling APC ahead of the 2027 election:

"I'm beginning to believe that Kwankwaso is working for APC."

YettyO (JP) posited that the former NDC is not popular in the north as claimed by Kwankwaso and his supporters:

"Where is Kwankwasuya them. OK is not recognised in the North of."

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APC denies endorsing Alex Otti

Legit.ng earlier reported that the APC denied reports that Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu endorsed Governor Otti's re-election bid.

Uche Aguoru, the APC spokesperson in Abia, labelled the endorsement claim as misleading and malicious propaganda.

The APC also condemned the partisan use of traditional rulers for political support in the upcoming elections.