From Mustapha Adamu, Kano
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed February 3rd for the conduct of court-ordered re-run elections for state house of assembly in three constituencies in Kano state.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Ambassador Abdu Zango disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting on the preparations for the exercise, held at the INEC headquarters in Kano yesterday.
He said the commission has concluded all the necessary arrangements for the conduct of re-run elections in six constituencies, across three Local Government areas of the state.
He said the Re-run elections would be conducted in three constituencies which includes Kunchi-Tsanyawa, Kura -Garun Malam, and Rimin Gado -tofa local government areas.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner noted that votes would be cast in 66 polling units.
Ambassador Abdu Zango maintained that INEC had already deployed non sensitive materials to all the affected local government areas, stressing that the sensitive materials would be deployed a day to the election.
Ambassador Abdu Zango explained that BVAS Machine would be used during the Re-run elections aimed at ensuring free, fair and credible election
in his remark the commissioner of police represented by CSP Abubakar Yamma, assured the general populace of Maxim security before ,during and after the Conduct of the Re-run elections.
He explained that adequate security network has already being mapped out geared towards ensuring that the Re-run elections were being conducted peacefully.
