The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has again floored the All Progressive Congress (APC) at Saturday’s supplementary election in Kano state.
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared NNPP candidates winners of two more state assembly seats in the state.
The party won in Garko and Wudil Constituencies supplementary election conducted on 15th April, 2023.
The INEC Returning Officer for the election in Wudil, Prof. Surajo Mahmud Umar, declared Abdullahi Ali Wudil Manager of the NNPP as the winner after polling 21,766 votes against his closest rival and APC candidate, Abdullahi Nuhu Achika who scored 20,806 votes.
The INEC Returning Officer for the election in Garko, Prof. Suleiman Mudi, of Bayero University Kano, declared Murtala Muhammad Kadage of the NNPP as winner after polling the highest votes.
This development, brings the number of seats won by the NNPP to 23 while APC won 5 so far out of the 40 seats that made up the house of assembly in the state.